Biography

Friday, 21 November 2025

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Jane Austen
Jane Austin's first literary attempts date from 1787 (she was 12 years old at the time).
Between 1787 and 1793, she wrote stories and farces (including humorous short stories and a history ...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He participated in the longest press conference in history, lasting 14 hours.
During the conference held on October 10 - 11, 2019, President Zelenski answered 500 questions.
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Michelangelo
At his father's request, Michelangelo returned to Florence, where he undertook the statue of David.
The statue stood in front of the palace of the Signoria of Florence. During this time, he also creat ...
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Charles III
He became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth realms on September 8, 2022.
On that day, Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her first-born son was with her in he ...
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Peter the Great
He introduced the Julian calendar in place of the Byzantine calendar.
At the time, the Julian calendar was used only in Protestant countries; Catholics had already been using the Gregorian calendar for 100 years.
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Nikola Tesla
The funeral ceremony took place on January 12.
More than 2000 people attended the funeral at St. John's Cathedral in Manhattan. Tesla's body was cremated; his ashes were taken to Belgrade in 1957 and are now housed in the Nikola Tesla Museum.
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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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Frederic Chopin
The young, eight-year-old Chopin played in Warsaw for the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, to whom he offered two of his Polish dances.
Young Chopin also played for Tsar Alexander I, who came to Warsaw for the session of the Parliament. ...
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Nikola Tesla
In 1913, Tesla patented a bladeless disc turbine - his 100th patent.
Tesla was mainly concerned with the subject of electricity. He experimented with various methods of ...
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Amadeus Mozart
Just before his death, Mozart began work on the Requiem funeral mass.
He did not manage to complete this work. In the manuscript, the last notes put by his hand fall on t ...
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