Cleopatra Facts
Although she was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Cleopatra was actually descended from Greek origins. She was part of the Ptolemaic dynasty that...
Lorenzo de’ Medici The Magnificent
Lorenzo de' Medici - Italian poet, ruler of Florence was born on January 1, 1439.
... When the next pope was elected in Rome in...
The Count’s Secret
In 1768, Count Mariusz August Beniowski, who defended the right of his homeland - Poland - to complete separation from the Russian Empire, of...
A great personality in history
There are personalities in the history of mankind who are centuries ahead of the course of events. They were definitely sent by the Higher...
COURT PHOTOGRAPHER
In the first half of the XIX century, a new miracle of technology appeared to mankind - photography. It struck people's imagination almost more...
22 interesting facts about Archimedes
Little is known about Archimedes’ life, though more than about some of the other great minds of bygone times. Being a truly brilliant man,...
POOR KNIGHT
When it came time to send the children to the gymnasium, the pharmacist father baptized everyone. So Sasha, having become Orthodox, was able to...
IN THE WATERS OF THE NEW WORLD
In the second half of the XVI century, an acute rivalry between England and Spain for supremacy on the seas unfolded. Pirates played a...
Victims of war
On the trail, the man, the plaintiff for treason, was, perhaps, one of the first voluntary Robinsons. He did not retire to the island...
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The Mystery of the Geographer’s Adventures
The life of the German geographer and naturalist, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Alexander Humboldt (1769-1859), full of extraordinary events...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
