Biography

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was suspected of treason. When the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb in 1949, it came as a surprise to the United States. Since it came so soon after the Manhattan Project, it was suspected that someone had betrayed the project.
One of the suspects was Oppenheimer, who was already believed to be a communist sympathizer. The Ame ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
After the master's death, a letter to the Immortal Beloved was found in a hidden drawer of the desk (found together with, among others, the Heiligenstadt Testament).
Unfortunately, it was not possible to determine who the mysterious addressee of the letter was, nor ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s lineage died out 25 years after his death.
His son, Hamnet, died at eleven. Daughter Susannah had no children, and daughter Judith’s children died early. None of Shakespeare’s three brothers were married.
Rasputin
In 1905, Rasputin returned to St. Petersburg. A circle of his friends led to his presentation at the Tsar's court.
The Tsar's family was then going through a difficult time, both in national governance and family tr ...
Ada Lovelace
Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.
The marriage of Byron and Annabella Milbanke was not a happy one. Shortly after the birth of their d ...
Anna Pavlova
After her performance in Giselle, she became a prima ballerina in 1906.
It was an extremely difficult performance, especially demanding for a dancer with only seven years of experience.
Aristotle
As a reward for teaching his son, Philip II of Macedon freed the inhabitants of Aristotle’s hometown of Stagira from slavery.
Gaius Julius Caesar
The battle on the Circus Maximus grounds pitted 2 captive armies against each other to fight to the death.
Each army consisted of 2000 men, 2 horsemen, and 20 war elephants. Some people considered such behav ...
Rasputin
He did not have a good reputation even in his home village.
Rasputin did not attend school and helped his father occasionally in the wagon business, transportin ...
Christopher Columbus
Columbus Day is celebrated in many countries in the Americas, and in Spain.
It commemorates the discovery of America on October 12, 1492. The unofficial celebration of this hol ...