Belshazzar – the last Babylonian king, whose name is mentioned in the biblical story of the fall of Babylon (Daniel V, 1 – 30). Despite the siege of the capital taken by Cyrus, the king and all the inhabitants, having at his wealth of products that could blithely indulge in the pleasures of life. On the occasion of a holiday (more…)
Ramses – (Pameccy = "Pa begat him") – the name of many pharaohs XIX and XX din., Probably comes from R., the governor of Thebes in the late XVIII dyn., Is building his own tomb at Tell el-Amarna. R. I, founder of the XIX din. Reigned in half of the XIV century. BC Chr. He's still at Goremgebe held (more…)
Marc Antony (83 BC X.) triumvir, son of praetor and grandson rhetorician Anthony, a relative of Caesar by his mother, Julia, was born in 1983 BC X.
As a young man led a very dissipated, pressed by creditors, he fled to Greece, where he began to listen to the philosophers and rhetoricians, but soon (more…)
Ernest Byron Johann (1690 – 12/17/1772) – second son of Charles Biron was born in 1690 in his father's estate, Kalentseem; for Education, only one of the brothers, Byron sent to then-best university in Konigsberg, but not finished there course, he returned to Courland.
What he did before (more…)
Richard the Lionheart (1157 – 1199) – English king, who reigned from 1189 to 1199 Son of Henry II, Richard was born in Oxford in 1157, was educated in the Aquitaine region, spent his childhood and youth in southern France and was a stranger in England. Pet of the country troubadours, he received a good education, loved poetry and music, (more…)
Shemyaka Demetrius (1420 – 1453) and Red Demetrius (1421 – 1441) Y. – Prince Galitsky (Galich, Kostroma), grandchildren, Dimitri Donskoy. D. Shemyaka, in contrast to the gentle brother, was a man of unbridled energy, no scruples in order to achieve the intended purpose; famous tireless and stubborn fight against Vasily the Blind, his cousin for the throne (more…)
II Peter A. (10/12/1715 – 18/01/1730) – Emperor of all Russia, grandson of Peter I, son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Princess Sophia – Charlotte Blankinburgskoy. His mother died soon after his birth, his father died in 1718, Odd P. Alekseevich to the throne have increased (more…)
Peter III, F. (Peter Ulrich) (1728 – 7.7.1762) – the emperor of all Russia, son of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Charles Frederick, son of Charles XII of Sweden's sister, and Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, and he thus arrive. grandson of the two sovereigns rivals and could, under certain (more…)
Skopin-SHUISKY Mikhail Vasilyevich (1587 – 1610) – Prince, a famous figure in the Time of Troubles. Early in the deprived father, Vasily Fedorovich, who under John IV Grozny played a significant role, while Boris Godunov suffered disgrace, S. Shumsky was brought up under the guidance of the mother and studied the "science". Already (more…)
Alexander (1547 – 11/06/1566). The son of the king Safa Giray (in Mohammedanism Utemysh Giray) – son of the king of Kazan Safa Giray and Syuyun-lords or Sumbeki, born 1547, died in Moscow on 11 th June 1566 and was buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel, at the left of the choir . Left alone after his father's death two years, Utemysh (more…)