Andronicus (Andronikos) (1123 (in 1124) – 1185). In the Byzantine Empire: Andronicus I, Emperor from 1183, of the Comnenus dynasty. During the reign of Manuel I (1143-80) has organized a conspiracy against him, was in exile.
After the death of Manuel I, using (more…)
Kublai Khan (Kublai Setsen Hagan) (1264 – 1295) – the grandson of Genghis Khan, the son of Tula, the most famous after Genghis Khan, the Mongol emperor. His main goal on the accession to the throne became the overthrow of the Sung dynasty in China. After a bitter and protracted struggle (more…)
Gustav II Adolf (1594 – 06/11/1632) – King of Sweden, son of Charles IX and Christina of Holstein, was born in 1594 in Nikepinge, ascended the throne in 1611, his twenty-year reign is with one of the most brilliant pages in the history of Sweden is important important he was, and in world history. Charles (more…)
Pompey (106 BC Chr.), Nicknamed the Great – Roman statesman and general. His father, Gnaeus P. Strabo, was a famous commander, but his political career has been very unsuccessful. In his service, Sulla, he was a natural enemy of Maria Sertorius, Cinna, and so forth, but at the same (more…)
Pliny the Younger (G. Plinius Caecilius Secundus) (61 (62) R. Chr.) – A nephew, mother, P. Elder, a contemporary and friend of Tacitus, one of the major Roman writers. He came from the city of Como. Having lost his father early, he was adopted by his uncle. Got a rhetorical education in the school Quintilian: another (more…)
Alaric I (376) – first king of the Visigoths, was born about 376 in which lies at the mouth of the Danube island Pake, and belonged to the genus Balto. Upon the death of Theodosius the Great in 395 BC, settled in the Roman Empire, the Visigoths elected as their king 19-year old Alaric, who was still alive Theodosius was their leader. (more…)
Oleg – the first prince of Kiev from the clan of Rurik. The Chronicle said that Rurik was dying, she handed over power to his kin O., as the son of Rurik, Igor, at the time was minor. By assumption, Solovieva, OA has no authority as a guardian of Igor, as well as the eldest (more…)
Grigory Rasputin, E. (1864 or 1865 – 17 (30) .12.1916), the favorite of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, an adventurer.
Born into a peasant family in E. New. At the end of 19 century, joined the cult whips. Under the guise of a religious fanatic led dissolute (more…)
Ypsilanti – fanariotskaya family, whose origin dates back to Comneni, she moved from Trebizond to Constantinople in the XV century, and exhibited in the era of the Greek struggle for independence a number of freedom fighters.
Alexander Ypsilanti Senior (died 1816) was from 1774 to 1798 years. then rulers of Wallachia, (more…)
