Biography

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

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Marilyn Monroe
Forbes magazine included her in its ranking of the highest-earning dead celebrities.
Ada Lovelace
In 1835 she married William, 8th Baron King, and became Lady King.
The couple had three houses: Ockham Park - a 17th century English country house in Ockham, County Su ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austen never married, although her romances and fleeting loves took place.
With Irishman Thomas Leyfroy, a law student whom she met in late 1795 and early 1796, she flirted at ...
Frederic Chopin
In Paris, Chopin presented himself in the salons of Pleyel, an elite of the musical world of the time, and achieved great success.
He quickly entered the circle of the most outstanding artists of the era. He made friends with Liszt ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was forced to grow up very quickly.
In 85 BC, his father died suddenly, making the sixteen-year-old Julius have to become the head of the family.
John Sutter
Building a sawmill was probably the worst of Sutter's idea.
During the construction of a water-powered sawmill, one of Sutter's employees, James W. Marshall dis ...
Abraham Lincoln
He loved telling stories and anecdotes, especially in situations where he could not openly express his opinion.
During the escape of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, when asked by General Sherman whether he ...
Abraham Lincoln
On one hand, Lincoln was against slavery. On the other, however, opposed the idea of granting civil rights to Afro-Americans, and suggested emigration to Africa and Latin America.
Frederic Chopin
In the autumn of 1810 the Chopin family moved to Warsaw.
They settled in a tenement house on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, which no longer exists, and soon ...
Constantine the Great
Constantine I the Great was the initiator of many constructions, not only of a religious purpose.
He built the Arc de Triomphe in 315 to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Mulvian Bridge, which ...