Elizabeth I Tudor Elizabeth I the Great (1533-1603) - Queen of England and Ireland from the Tudor dynasty, known as the Virgin Queen. Daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn. Marginalized by her father, who considered her an illegitimate child, and by her older half-sister Maria, who briefly impr
Bezprym in Kamil Jadczaks drawing. Bezprym (986-1032) - the prince of Poland from the Piast dynasty. Firstborn son of Bolesław the Brave from his second marriage to an unknown Hungarian aristocrat. In his youth, he was removed from inheriting the throne. His fate is a subject of numerous specula
The fourteenth century in India ended with the terrible invasion of Timur Lang. This invasion became such a canker for North India, from which the blood of the soul of India continued to ooze for centuries. Millions of people were killed in northern India by Timur Lang, Hindu pilgrimages were destro
Al Capone (photo:public domain) Al Capone (1899-1946) - the most famous American gangster. Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as Al Capone, or Scarface, was born in New York in 1899 to a family of Italian immigrants from Naples. He finished five grades, and was expelled from the sixth grade f