Himmler (photo:Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R99621, CC-BY-SA 3.0) Heinrich Himmler War criminal, one of the leading Nazis; co-founder and head of the Gestapo. He was born in 1900 in Munich to a Catholic bourgeois family. His father was a teacher and conservative. Young Heinrich he did not show any i
Heydrich, 1940 (photo:Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1969-054-16, Hoffmann, Heinrich, license CC-BY-SA 3.0) Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) - German Nazi, SS man, intelligence officer, one of the main co-responsible for the Holocaust, head of the Nazi secret police. Reinhard Heydrich was born into the fam
Portrait of Hermann Göring. Hermann Goring German politician, born in Bavaria. At 21, he enlisted in the army to take part in World War I. He started his military service as an infantry soldier, and later moved to aviation. In direct clashes, he knocked down 22 enemy machines. He was awarded t
Goebbels (photo:Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-17049; Georg Pahl; CC-BY-SA 3.0) Joseph Goebbels German politician, minister of propaganda and public enlightenment in the government of Adolf Hitler, one of the members of the leadership of the NSDAP. Joseph Goebbels was born into a Catholic family of a
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
Lavrenty Beria (photo:public domain) Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953) - a close associate of Joseph Stalin, head of the NKVD. Lavrentiy Beria was born to a peasant family in Abkhazia. He studied at the engineering department in Baku. In 1917 he joined the Bolsheviks, and probably four years later he j
Jakub Szela. Woodcut from 1848. Jakub Szela (1787-1860) - one of the peasant leaders during the Galician uprising. Jakub Szela was born in the village of Smarzowa near Tarnów. As a young boy, he was probably drafted into the army in 1805. After returning home, he cut off a few of his fingers wit
Rasputin (photo:public domain) Grigory Rasputin A Russian peasant who claims to be an Orthodox monk, a favorite of the tsarist family. Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was probably born in 1869, although he himself gave different dates at different stages of his life. Already in his youth, in his n
Franciszek Ferdynand Habsburg (photo:public domain) Franz Ferdinand Habsburg (1863-1914) - Austrian Archduke shot dead in Sarajevo by an assassin. Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz in 1863. He was the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph, and after the death of his son, Archduke Rudolf, and his own f
Adam Mickiewicz (photo:public domain) Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) Polish poet, political activist, considered a national bard. Adam Mickiewicz was born on December 24, 1798 in Zaosie or Nowogródek in the family of a court attorney descending from the parochial nobility. One of the formative ex
Leonardo da Vinci (photo:public domain) Leonardo da Vinci, real Leonardo di cheese Piero da Vinci Italian painter and inventor. Little certain information has survived about his childhood, and in his biographies it is mixed with legends. He was the illegitimate son of a Florentine lawyer, he s
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (1612-1651) An influential aristocrat, Ruthenian voivode and father of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Prince in Wiśniowiec, Lubnie and Chorol. He was one of the richest magnates in the Ukrainian lands. Participant in the war with Russia and battles
Stefan Czarniecki (1599–1665), military commander, author of an unconventional war strategy for his time. Stefan Czarniecki (1599–1665) Military commander, field crown hetman. The son of a poor nobleman; He did not study abroad, instead he joined the Lisowczyk group - a branch established by A
Ferdynand Magellan (photo:public domain) Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) - sailor and explorer. Ferdinand Magellan was born one of three children of the mayor of the city of Sabrosa. When he was 10 he became an orphan and two years later he was taken to the Portuguese court, where he became the
Tadeusz Kościuszko Military engineer, Polish and American general, war hero of both countries. Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was born in 1746 in the Mereczów region. He studied at the Piarist College in Lubieszów. The property was to be inherited by his brother, which is why Tadeusz chose a mili
Casanova (photo:public domain) Casanova (1725-1798) Owner Giovanni Giacomo Casanova, Knight de Seingalt. He was born in Venice as the eldest of six children in a family of actors. His father died when he was eight. When his mother played abroad, little Giovanni was under the care of his grandm
Saint Wojciech (photo:public domain) Wojciech Sławnikowic (956-997) - Czech priest, bishop of Prague, martyr of the Catholic Church, patron of Poland. He came from the Sławnikowice family, whose head was his father, Sławnik. He was born in the family headquarters in Libice. Initially, my parents
Nicholas of Mira (photo:public domain) Nicholas of Myra (approx. 270 - December 6, 345 or 352) - saint Catholic and Orthodox, bishop. The first mentions of Saint Nicholas appear only in the 6th century CE, during the reign of Emperor Justinian. According to legend, he lived at the turn of the 3r
Gall Anonymous Gall Anonymous, anonymous called Gall Author of the first Polish chronicle, living at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. Most likely a Benedictine monk. His name and origin are unknown. Traditionally, he is referred to as Gallus Anonymus, according to the concept that he w
(photo:Artur Klose, license of CCA SA 2.0 G) Tadeusz Mazowiecki The last prime minister of the Peoples Republic of Poland and the first prime minister of the Third Republic in the history of Poland, politician and journalist. Tadeusz Mazowiecki was born in 1927 in Płock. He graduated from law
Shortly after Sardar Patels release from jail, plague broke out in 27 villages of Borsad tehsil. This area had already suffered this epidemic, but this time its threat was very strong. Hearing the name of the plague, the relatives also ran away leaving the sick to die. Sardar Patel was anticipating
A talented German composer and pianist, Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847) saw her career thwarted by the opposition of her father, who refused to allow her to devote herself to music. A gift for music Daughter of Lea and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny was born on November 14, 1805 in Hamburg
The Kheda movement was going on that Gandhiji had to go to Champaran again. Due to this the entire responsibility of leadership fell on Vallabhbhai. Vallabhbhai fulfilled this responsibility diligently. He went from village to village to raise the morale of the farmers so that they should not be afr
Vallabhbhai had to work day and night to send Vithalbhai to England from the accumulated capital till now and to run the expenses of two families. Sardar Patels wife Jhaberba took care of his every need but she fell ill. He probably had a cancerous lump in his stomach. Vallabhbhai could not pay mu