Biography

Friday, 23 January 2026

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Christopher Columbus
In May 1492, Columbus arrived at the port of Palos in Andalusia, where the town provided him with two caravels: Niña and Pinta, and leased a larger ship, the caravel "Santa Maria," as his flagship.
On August 3, 1492, the three ships set sail with a crew of about 90 men and, after a brief stopover at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, set course westward. Columbus' first expedition had begun.
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Peter the Great
He introduced the Julian calendar in place of the Byzantine calendar.
At the time, the Julian calendar was used only in Protestant countries; Catholics had already been using the Gregorian calendar for 100 years.
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Peter the Great
Tsar Peter I was nicknamed “the Great” not only because of his merits but also because of his impressive height - 203 centimeters.
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Gaius Julius Caesar
There were many fratricidal clashes during the power struggle with Pompey.
Caesar, however, showed honor and chivalry by donating the lives of defeated opponents, which distin ...
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Abraham Lincoln
He measured about 195 centimeters, which makes him the tallest president of the US.
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Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer became entangled with communist connotations.
In 1936 he fell in love with a psychology student, Jean Tatlock. She was a supporter of communism an ...
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Anna Pavlova
There is a debate about when Anna started using Pavlova as her last name.
Some sources claim she took it when adopted by her stepfather, and some that she started using it once she joined the Imperial Russian Ballet.
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Homer
In antiquity he was also regarded as the author of other epic poems.
According to Greek tradition, he was the author of the so-called Homeric hymns (poems ranging from a ...
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Piarist College in Lubieszow.
He interrupted his studies in 1760, with both brothers returning home due to financial troubles following the death of their father.
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Amadeus Mozart
In 1809, Constance remarried.
Her chosen one was the Danish diplomat Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, who was a great admirer of Mozart' ...
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