Biography

Saturday, 7 February 2026

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Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ode to Joy" is a poem by Friedrich Schiller written in November 1785 - the final author's version comes from 1803.
Already in a sketchbook from 1789, Beethoven wrote down a phrase from the first part of the chorus, ...
Kate Middleton
As an active member of the Royal Family, Kate Middleton performs a variety of functions.
Among the most important are public appearances, official meetings, and charity work.Kate Middleton ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1879, Nikola Tesla suffered a nervous breakdown.
His father came to Maribor and begged his son to return home, but he refused. He was soon detained b ...
Nikola Tesla
Westinghouse used Tesla's system to light the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, which earned him a contract to build the first equipment at Niagara Falls.
Tesla always worked on his designs, which he also popularized in lectures in America and Europe. Among other things, he worked on a remote-controlled boat.
Jane Austen
Jane's father, George Austin, was an educated minister of the Anglican Church.
As a promising young man, he won an academic scholarship that enabled him to study at Oxford's St. J ...
Constantine the Great
In the year 305. Diocletian resigned as emperor (as did the second Augustus, Maximian), and the new Augustus were Constantius Chlorus in the West and Galerius in the East.
After the death of Constantius Chlorus in 306, his legions proclaimed Constantine I Augustus. Consta ...
Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th US President.
He assumed office on 4th March 1861.
John Sutter
Sutter claimed he was a member of the Royal Swiss Guard and introduced himself as Captain John Sutter.
To this day his claims have not been verified. Either way, he titled himself that way which helped his career as a colonizer of California.
Rasputin
Rasputin's disappearance caused unrest in Tsarskoye Selo, a town containing the residence of the Russian imperial family.
The perpetrators of the murder were quickly discovered, and they wanted to punish them severely, but ...
Charles III
However, his love for nature did not immediately eradicate his love for hunting.
Charles was a lover of fox hunting, which was banned in the Isles in 2004. One issue Charles tried t ...