Biography

Thursday, 5 November 2026

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Gaius Julius Caesar
Caesar's visit to Egypt resulted in an affair with Cleopatra and a civil war.
The so-called Alexandrian War was fought between the supporters of Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleop ...
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Marilyn Monroe
Her image has inspired many artists and companies.
One of the most famous works is Andy Warhol’s “Portrait of Marilyn Monroe.” Companies such as Fiat, Chanel, and Mercedes-Benz have used her image in their advertising campaigns.
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Charles Darwin
It was not Darwin's observation of finches that contributed to the formulation of the theory of evolution.
Despite the observation of these birds in the Galapagos Islands, the founder of the theory of evolut ...
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Christopher Columbus
As a widower, Columbus met Beatriz Enriquez in Spain, whom he never married but left her a large portion of his fortune.
They formed a good relationship, Beatriz treated Diego as her own son and soon after, in 1488, she b ...
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Peter the Great
While in The Hague, he regularly attended parliamentary sessions (as an observer), visited scholars, and toured palaces, picture galleries, and museums.
He took a keen interest in minutiae, "trying to pinch a particle from each discipline for his own us ...
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Hypatia
She is credited with inventing the astrolabe and the areometer.
An astrolabe is an instrument used to determine the position of celestial bodies above the horizon. ...
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Charles III
Charles III is the first-born son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
He was born in London on November 14, 1948, the first of four royal children. He was followed by Ann ...
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Amadeus Mozart
In 1791, Wolfgang's librettist and friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned him to write "The Magic Flute" - a fairy tale opera (singspiel - opera with spoken interludes).
It is one of Mozart's most recognizable operas. Some see in it the author's connections with Freemas ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's compositional achievements are usually divided into three periods: early (classical), middle (heroic), and late (romantic).
In this earliest period, the composer followed in the footsteps of his great predecessors, Haydn an ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is the author of the romantic novel "Clisson and Eugenie" ("Clisson et Eugenie").
It tells the story of a soldier at war and his beloved woman waiting at home. The story was based on ...
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