Biography

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

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Jane Austen
Several reviews of "Emma" were published, including one by Walter Scott - but written anonymously. The writer praised the novel for its faithful representation of life and quiet humor.
Peter the Great
The envoy visited Livonia and Prussia, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Austria and the Republic.
In social contacts, Peter I was perceived as an attractive man with a noble demeanor and pleasant ap ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert had a brother, Frank, who was eight years younger.
Frank was also a physicist - a particle physicist, a professor of physics at the University of Color ...
Christopher Columbus
After sailing for more than two months, one of the sailors spotted land. The ships probably reached Watling Island (San Salvador), Bahamas.
The sailors noticed gold jewellery among the natives. When asked about the origin of the jewellery, ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is a wealthy person.
When registering as a presidential candidate, he submitted a declaration of assets showing that he o ...
Nikola Tesla
To survive, he had to take on various jobs for a year (from spring 1886 to spring 1887).
While digging ditches, he made contact with the owners of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who helped him establish the Tesla Electric Light Company.
Frederic Chopin
The period of his first compositional successes coincided with the period of his first love affair with Konstancja Gładkowska, the singer he called the ideal.
Charles Darwin
During his studies at Cambridge, his attitude toward education changed.
He focused on the natural sciences, was enthralled by the language and logic of the English theologi ...
Michelangelo
He published a number of sonnets and sermons, and the subjects he mainly dealt with were love and death.
Michelangelo's poems were published for the first time in 1623 by his nephew.
John Sutter
In 1834, he left his wife and five kids and fled from Europe.
Sutter boarded ship Sully in Le Havre, France and arrived in New York on July 14, 1834.