Biography

Sunday, 26 April 2026

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is a wealthy person.
When registering as a presidential candidate, he submitted a declaration of assets showing that he o ...
Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great is a saint of the Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox Church calls him an equal of the Apostles. His feast day is May 21.
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.
Peter the Great
After his father's death, Peter's half-brother, Fyodor III Romanov, took the throne.
Fyodor's death, after six years of rule, led to conflict between Peter and his other half-brother Ivan, who was mentally limited.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Many wealthy Viennese noticed his abilities and offered him financial support, including Prince Joseph Franz Lobkowitz, Prince Charles Lichnowsky, and Baron Gottfried van Swieten.
Aided by contacts with Haydn and Waldstein, Beethoven began to gain a reputation as a performer and ...
John Sutter
In 1847, Sutter planted more than two thousand fruit trees, marking the birth of agriculture in the Sacramento Valley.
Roland Garros
The Stade Roland Garros tennis complex in Paris is named after Roland Garros.
It is located in the 16th arrondissement (district) of Paris, where the Grand Slam tennis tournament ...
Antonio Vivaldi
After Vivaldi's death, his vast collection of musical manuscripts was bound into 27 large volumes.
They were acquired first by Venetian bibliophile Jacopo Soranzo and later by Count Giacomo Durazzo. ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Women were a constant presence in the emperor's life and played a large role in it.
Bonaparte had an enormous number of mistresses. Among them were ladies of arms in almost all Europea ...
Roland Garros
While studying in Paris, he came into contact with the fledgling world of aviation, which fascinated him.
He dropped out of college and founded a car dealership in Paris at the age of twenty-one. He became ...