Biography

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

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William Shakespeare
Some researchers believe Shakespeare was not fond of his wife.
He lived and worked in London, while Anne stayed in Stratford. Many researchers also believe that she was the prototype of the antagonist of a play called “Taming of the Shrew.”
Gaius Julius Caesar
He achieved his first military successes as early as 74 BC when he repulsed the invasion of Bithynia by the kingdom of Pontus.
He managed to consolidate scattered Roman troops, gather mercenaries, and repel the aggressors, led by Mithridates VI Eupator.
Christopher Columbus
This time the king responded decisively, sending Francisco Fernandez de Bobadilla west, equipped with far-reaching powers.
Upon arriving in Haiti, Bobadilla had Columbus and his son Diego arrested and sent back to Spain in ...
Charles III
As the years passed, Charles acquired more titles.
At birth, as the son of the Duchess and Duke of Edinburgh, he was given the title His Highness the D ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer collected European furniture and French Post-Impressionist and Fauvist artworks.
His collection included works by Cezanne, Derain, Despiau, de Vlamnick, Picasso, Rembrandt, Renoir, van Gogh, Vuillard and others.
Sting
In 1987, he and his future wife, Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to bringing attention to the rainforests and defending the rights of the indigenous people.
One of the frogs discovered in Colombia was named Dendropsophus stingi in recognition of Sting's contributions.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway was mentally in terrible shape, worrying about money and his safety.
He feared he would never return to Cuba, where he had stored his manuscripts in a safe. He was convi ...
Constantine the Great
In 325 he decided to establish the capital in the city of Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople - the city of Constantine (now Istanbul).
The inauguration ceremony of the new capital city took place in the year 330. The city later became ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Zelensky's family has Jewish roots.
Zelensky's great-grandparents perished in the Holocaust, as did his grandfather's three brothers. As ...
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi also known as "The Red Priest" - Il Prete Rosso - was born in 1678 in Venice.
He was born into a rather poor family. His father, Giambattista Vivaldi, a musician by passion, init ...