Read time ca. 6 minutes Jesse James was one of the most notorious outlaws of the American West who has captivated imaginations for [...]

Read time ca. 4 minutes Victor Hugo, who was born on 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France, is one of the most celebrated [...]

Read time ca. 3 minutes Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin who was born on 10 May 1900 in Wendover, England, was a trailblazing astronomer whose revolutionary [...]

Read time ca. 4 minutes Henry VIII, born on 28 June 1491 in Greenwich, England, emerged as one of the most notorious and [...]

Read time ca. 5 minutes Alice Paul was a pivotal and among the most important figures in the American women’s suffrage movement, who [...]

Benedict Arnold is remembered as one of the most infamous figures in American history since he is known for his betrayal during the [...]

Read time ca. 3 minutes Todor “Toše” Proeski was a well-known Macedonian musician, songwriter, and philanthropist whose work touched millions all over the [...]

Read time ca. 5 minutes Thor Heyerdahl was a groundbreaking ethnographer and adventurer who was born on 6 October 1914, in Larvik, Norway. [...]

Read time ca. 4 minutes H. Holmes is infamously remembered as one of America’s first known serial killers who was born as Herman [...]

Read time ca. 4 minutes Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné after his ennoblement, was born on 23 May 1707, in [...]

Read time ca. 5 minutes Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on 12 November 1815 in Johnstown, New York, emerged as a prominent leader in [...]

Read time ca. 4 minutes Augustus Caesar, originally known as Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was born on 23 September 63 BCE, in Rome, who [...]