Biography

Wednesday, 6 May 2026

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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 ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo created many monumental works in Rome.
He led the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and did so until the end of his life. Unfortunately, ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
On October 10, 1794, a battle took place near Maciejowice between Polish troops commanded by the head of the insurrection Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Russian troops under General Fyodor Denisov.
The battle ended with the defeat of the insurgent army and the imprisonment of wounded Kosciuszko in the Petropavlovsk fortress in St. Petersburg.
Rasputin
The Tsar tried to save the monarchy, which was losing prestige, by strengthening his power through personal castling, largely contrary to Russia's state interests.
Since Nicholas II spent all his time outside St. Petersburg, at the headquarters of the Russian mili ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was appointed Flamen Dialis, high priest of Jupiter.
He obtained this position in late 87 or early 86 BC.
Anna Pavlova
Anna’s ashes are stored in a columbarium at Golders Green Crematorium.
Her urn was decorated with a ballet shoe, which was stolen. Currently, the decoration involves a dancing ballerina and a swan.Dandré’s urn is placed below his wife’s.
John Sutter
California Goldrush drove him into bankruptcy.
Sutter's land was immediately overrun by immigrants obsessed with the potential fortune they may earn. They stole whatever there was to steal including livestock. Colony fell into ruin around 1850.
Charles Darwin
Not all of his children reached adulthood.
Of the children who survived, George, Francis, and Horace became prominent scientists (an astronomer, botanist, and civil engineer). Son Leonard became a soldier, politician, and economist.
Anna Pavlova
Anna was the principal ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet.
The Imperial Russian Ballet, currently known as the Kirov Ballet, was founded in the 18th century an ...
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
At the age of 23, he opened a tavern with his friend William Berry. Unfortunately, the partner’s alc ...