Biography

He had to wait some time before organizing the third expedition (1498-1500), as it was difficult for him to regain the lost confidence of the people.

Peter spent the last years of his life expanding Russian territories in the east.

A meringue-based dessert, pavlova, was named after Anna.

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to be officially deified.

Shakespeare’s family home still stands in Stratford on Henley Street.

The novel Pride and Prejudice was written between October 1796 and August 1797.

When he recovered, he was threatened with conscription into the Austro-Hungarian army, from which he took refuge by fleeing to the mountains near Tomingaja.

Hemingway traveled to China with Martha, where both worked as reporters - Martha for Collier’s magazine and Ernest for the PM newspaper.

The novel "Emma" was published in 1816 in three volumes, with an added dedication to the Prince Regent.

He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.