Biography

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

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Rasputin
He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.
There is also uncertainty about his real name. Some studies state that his probable surname may have ...
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko
American astronomer Edward Bowell named Kosciuszko for one of the asteroids he discovered.
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Hypatia
She did not get involved in religious or political disputes.
Hypatia lived during the spread of the Christian faith, but remained a pagan (non-practising) hersel ...
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare amassed a considerable fortune.
He made a profit from writing and acting, was a shareholder of a thriving theater, and was also acti ...
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola was the fourth of five children.
He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who died in a horseback riding accident when Nikola was five.
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Salvador Dali
Dali and his beloved wife Helena Diakonova, better known as Gala, loved to organize lavish parties.
They were extremely extravagant and required a lot of creativity and courage from the invited guests ...
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Ada Lovelace
Although she never knew her father, she was fascinated by him throughout her life.
Ada showed an aptitude for poetry, but her mother tried to discourage her because she believed that ...
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko
According to the will, the heart extracted from Kosciuszko's body was placed in an urn and given to Emilia Zeltner, the daughter of Franz.
In 1819, Emilia took the urn containing Kosciuszko's heart to Vezia near Lugano and in 1829 to Vares ...
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare used close to a million words in 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
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John Sutter
In 1846 Sutter's Fort was overrun by United States Army.
Although Sutter desired French sovereignty over his colony, he was forced to submit to the United States, which was fighting an ongoing Mexican-American war in the area.
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