Pius XII Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born on March 2, 1876 in Rome, in a family connected with the Vatican. After graduating from high school in 1894, he entered the seminary. He studied philosophy, mathematics and Greek. From chi
Lise Meitner is an Austrian-turned-Swedish physicist, known for her work in nuclear physics and for having played a major role in the discovery of nuclear fission. Forgotten by the Nobel Prize, she is one of the many women scientists whose work has not been recognized at its fair value. The first f
Augustus is the first Roman emperor. He is Caesars great-nephew and adopted son. On his death, Octave (first name of Augustus), Marc-Antoine and Lépide form a triumvirate and share the world. The naval victory of Actium in 31 BC. J.-C consecrates him master of the lands and the seas by definitively
Georges Danton (1759-1794) was a French politician and one of the great figures of the French Revolution. Both idealistic and bon vivant sensitive to the advantages of money, Danton has long been opposed to Robespierre the virtuous, described as cold and psycho-rigid. A true force of nature, with a