Biography

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

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Roland Garros
He became famous for the first non-stop flight over the Mediterranean.
This flight took place on September 23, 1913, from Fréjus-Saint Raphaël in the south of France to Bi ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko then appeared in the Krakow Market Square, where he took the oath after the reading of the act of uprising.
The act of the uprising gave Kosciuszko the title of Supreme Chief of the National Armed Forces and placed total authority in his hands.
Aristotle
At the age of 17 or 18, he joined Plato’s Academy.
It was funded by Plato in 387 BC on the outskirts of Athens and is often referred to as a school for would-be politicians.
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The work in the laboratory was enormously stressful.
Oppenheimer then became addicted to cigarettes, which he smoked in large quantities, one after anoth ...
Michelangelo
His personal life did not go so well.
He never started a family, lived like a hermit, and didn't have many friends. He made a lot of money ...
Frederic Chopin
During his studies at the Warsaw Lyceum, Frederic often left Warsaw and visited a large part of Poland.
He visited Szafarnia, from where he sent his famous letters to his parents, "Kuriery Szafarskie" ("C ...
Nikola Tesla
When he recovered, he was threatened with conscription into the Austro-Hungarian army, from which he took refuge by fleeing to the mountains near Tomingaja.
While there, he hunted and contemplated nature. He found then that contact with nature made him phys ...
Rasputin
After three years on Mount Athos, he returned to the country, traveled, healed, prophesied, and preached the Word of God.
He was recognized as a monk, clairvoyant and an exorcist, although he did not take vows. Today he wo ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo died in Rome in 1564, at the age of 89.
He worked on the Pietà Rondanini almost until his death. He lived with his servant Francesco Armador ...
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.