Biography

Thursday, 26 March 2026

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Salvador Dali
He was always fascinated by the legendary painter Pablo Picasso.
While in Paris in 1927, he met with Picasso in his atelier, where the painter showed him his works. ...
Peter the Great
He built from scratch the new city of St. Petersburg, to which he moved the country's capital.
In 1721, the Senate proclaimed Tsar Peter the Great as Emperor of All-Russia.
Peter the Great
He was the first Russian tsar to travel abroad.
In 1697-1698, he embarked on an official diplomatic, 18-month mission called the “Grand Embassy,” tr ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.
He died on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51. In 1840, his remains were transported to Paris, where he w ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is the author of the romantic novel "Clisson and Eugenie" ("Clisson et Eugenie").
It tells the story of a soldier at war and his beloved woman waiting at home. The story was based on ...
Ernest Hemingway
His mother worked a lot, giving music and singing lessons, composing, and directing the children’s church choir and the orchestra at the Congregational Church. She also sang at concerts and was a soloist in the church choir.
Because of her tight schedule, Grace’s father and housemaids handled raising the children and all th ...
Constantine the Great
The succession of Constantine was assumed by his three sons, Constantine II, Constantius and Constans.
There were other contenders for the succession, but they were slaughtered. With the remaining conten ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Tadeusz, who was given the name Andrzej Tadeusz Bonaventura Kosciuszko at his baptism, was the fourth child of Ludwik Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Tekla Ratomska Kosciuszko, coat of arms Roch III.
Tadeusz's father was a court official (swordsman) and the Lithuanian field roll regiment colonel.
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 ...
John Sutter
Although his colony was expanding, Sutter had financial problems.
In August 1848, Sutter's son John Augustus Sutter Jr. came to the colony to help his father get out of financial difficulties.