Friday, March 29, 2024

Historical Biographies

The colorful personalities of famous people come alive to share their shortcomings, passions and achievements. Cross the boundaries imposed by time and space, and come face to face with your favorite (and not so favorite) historical figures.
Relive the life and times of famous men like Winston Churchill and not so famous heroes such as the Civil War hero Sam Davis. about politicians that became military heroes, like Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Thrill in the escapades of Criminals like Dick Turpin and the murderer, Rev John Selby Watson.
It’s all here, plus much more, just click on the links below and board your own time machine.

Theodore Roosevelt Junior, Founding Father of The American Legion

At the conclusion of World War I, Theodore Roosevelt envisioned a non-political association of veterans. The result became the American Legion. Two months after World...

Vladimir Ilich Lenin – First Leader of Soviet Russia

Vladimir Ilich Lenin was Chairman of the People's Council of Commissars. He became famous for organizing the revolutionary movement that overthrew the Russian imperial...

Galba: First Emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors

Known for his cruelty and bodily disfigurement, Galba ruled for only seven months – from June 8, 68 AD to January 15, 69 AD. Beginnings Born...

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) became famous for proposing the evolution theory. Darwinism has been both a blessing and a curse for humanity. Darwin was greatly influenced...

Who Was Al Capone?

Just the name Al Capone connotes the dark and seamy underworld of mobsters, prohibition, Elliot Ness and gangland killings. But who was this brilliant...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born in 1756 in the city of Salzburg, Bavaria, to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, his father was one of the leading musical...

General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Medal Of Honor Winner on D-Day

Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the oldest son of President Teddy Roosevelt, was the only general to land with the American Troops on D-Day,...

Boudicca Queen of the Iceni

During the fateful year of 60-61 AD, one woman challenged the might of Roman rule in Britain. That woman was Boudicca, queen of the...

Genghis Khan

Over the past two thousand years the world has seen the rise and fall of great empires. The Romans, Alexander the Great and the...

The Adventures of Young John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was born to John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, a few miles south of...