Biography

Saturday, 22 February 2025

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Ludwig van Beethoven
The master's complete deafness prevented him from contact with the surroundings.
Communication took place using the so-called conversation notebooks (Konversationshefte), which cons ...
Kate Middleton
Many consider her a style icon.
Although her image used to be less formal, Kate Middleton has developed a style that inspires women ...
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
At the age of 23, he opened a tavern with his friend William Berry. Unfortunately, the partner’s alc ...
Nikola Tesla
The funeral ceremony took place on January 12.
More than 2000 people attended the funeral at St. John's Cathedral in Manhattan. Tesla's body was cremated; his ashes were taken to Belgrade in 1957 and are now housed in the Nikola Tesla Museum.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s father, John, was among the respected citizens of Stratford.
Presumably, he was the son of Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield, who received a land grant for his ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Immediately after the outbreak of the war, he refused the American offer of evacuation from Ukraine.
When offered to evacuate Kiev, Zelenski replied: "I need ammunition, not a lift." False information ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
As a result of conquests, by 1812 France had expanded its territory to 750,000 square kilometers.
To its territory, it added Belgium, the Netherlands, the German provinces on the North Sea, the Illy ...
Charles Darwin
In 1838, Charles Darwin developed the theory of natural selection.
Based on his own collections and travel notes, following the scientific methodology of the progressi ...
Peter the Great
The official purpose of this trip was to obtain confirmation that Turkey's European adversaries were ready to continue the war against the "enemy of the Lord's cross."
However, diplomatic considerations were not the only ones that came into play. Peter was curious abo ...
Homer
The authorship and circumstances of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been debated for centuries. The lack of reliable information about Homer's life has led some scholars to hypothesise that Homer never existed.
In the 3rd century BC, Alexandrian critics - the so-called Chorizontes ('dividers') - believed that ...