Biography

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

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Aristotle
In 343 BC, Aristotle became tutoring Alexander the Great.
He has done so at the request of Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon.
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Aristotle
He produced numerous scrolls in various fields of science.
He contributed to anatomy, astronomy, geology, embryology (along with his first wife), zoology, geog ...
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Ernest Hemingway
Grace Hall-Hemingway followed the Victorian convention of not differentiating children’s clothing by gender.
She wanted the eldest daughter Marcelline and the year younger Ernest to look like twins. So the chi ...
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Michelangelo
His parents were Francesca di Neri di Miniato del Sera and Lodovico Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni.
His mother died when Michelangelo was six years old. She left five sons as orphans. The father remar ...
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Gaius Julius Caesar
On April 6, 46 BC, a final clash between the Pompeians and the Caesarians took place at Tapsus (Ras Dimas) in Tunisia.
Caesar's 10 legions were led by Scipio's 10 legions supported by 2500 units of Numidian cavalry and ...
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Abraham Lincoln
Among Lincoln’s favorite readings were the Bible, Aesop’s Fables, “The Pilgrim’s Wanderings” by John Buyan, and “The Cases of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
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Nikola Tesla
He attended elementary school in Smiljan, where he learned German, arithmetic, and religion.
The family moved to nearby Gospic, where his father became a parish priest. There Tesla completed el ...
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Amadeus Mozart
He was born in an apartment building at Getreidegasse 9, in the so-called "Hagenauer House."
The composer's house on Makrtplatz and the tenement on Getreidegasse, now house museums dedicated to the musician.
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Charles III
His first foreign trip as King was to Germany, which he visited on March 29, 2023.
He was the first British monarch to deliver a speech to the German parliament.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Among the reforms to improve the functioning of the state were some very innovative ventures.
Napoleon introduced in France, for the first time in the world, compulsory free education in public ...
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