Biography

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

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Constantine the Great
When Constantine returned from the eastern front to Nicomedia in the spring of 303, he witnessed the beginning of Diocletian's "great persecution," the most severe persecution of Christians in Roman history.
Diocletian ordered the destruction of the new church in Nicomedia, the destruction of its writings a ...
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Rasputin
He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.
There is also uncertainty about his real name. Some studies state that his probable surname may have ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was probably first introduced to Joseph Haydn in late 1790 when he, traveling to London, stopped over Christmas in Bonn.
A year and a half later, they met in Vienna, when Beethoven was playing in La Redoute Bonn Bad Godesberg.
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Marilyn Monroe
She was born on 1st June 1926, in Los Angeles.
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Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway had a special bond with his black and white male cat, Boise.
It grew closer to Hemingway than any other human or animal. Boise walked with him step by step, acco ...
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John Sutter
Building a sawmill was probably the worst of Sutter's idea.
During the construction of a water-powered sawmill, one of Sutter's employees, James W. Marshall dis ...
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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 ...
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Salvador Dali
He never graduated.
While studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, he was known for his eccentric behavior ...
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Salvador Dali
He appeared in restaurants in the company of his cat.
Babou was an ocelot, which Dali acquired in 1960 from a Colombian notable. He took him for walks in a collar richly encrusted with precious stones.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's death was attended by his friend Anselm Huttenbrenner and probably his sister-in-law, Johanna van Beethoven.
According to Huttenbrenner, around 5 p.m. there was a flash of lightning and thunder: "Beethoven opened his eyes, raised his right hand and looked up for a few seconds with a clenched fist...".
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