Biografías de personajes históricos

Name of the student: Torres Sánchez Isadora

Name of the teacher: Javier Peralta Domínguez

Group: 270

Subjetc: English 2

School: Colegio de bachilleres 3, Iztacalco

Christopher Columbus was a navigator, cartographer,
admiral, viceroy and governor general of the West
Indies in the service of the Crown of Castile. born in
the Republic of Genoa, on October 31, 1451
Colón acquired a self-taught education. He learned the
classical languages, which allowed him to read
ancient geographical treatises and understand the
sphericity of the Earth.
On October 12, 1492, Columbus arrived at the island
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of the discovery of America. Although he was possibly not the first European
explorer to reach America, he is considered the discoverer of the New World for
Europe.
He made four voyages to the Indies and charted a round trip route across the
Atlantic Ocean.
Columbus changed the world forever by opening a new era of exploration and
contact between Europe and America.
He was viceroy and governor general of the West Indies in the service of the
Crown of Castile.

Leonardo da Vinci, also known as Leonardo di ser

Piero da Vinci, was a Florentine polymath of the Italian
Renaissance. born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy
He learned painting, sculpture and artistic techniques
in the workshop of the Florentine painter Andrea del
Verrocchio. During those years, he developed his
curiosity and skills in multiple disciplines.
He made several artistic and scientific contributions,
his paintings such as: The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper,
The Virgin of the Rocks
He developed advanced ideas for his time, such as the helicopter, the battle tank,
the submarine and the automobile.
He made discoveries in areas such as anatomy, civil engineering, optics and
hydrodynamics.
Leonardo is considered a homo universalis, a Renaissance genius versed in all
areas of human knowledge.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares,
September 29, 1547 - Madrid, April 22, 1616) was a
Spanish novelist, poet, playwright and soldier. He is
widely considered one of the greatest figures of Spanish
literature. Cervantes is best known for his masterpiece,
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.
Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares and was baptized
on October 9, 1547 in the parish of Santa María la Mayor.
Although the exact day of his birth is not certain, it is
believed to have been September 29.
His family faced financial problems, and in search of better fortune, they moved
to Valladolid and then to Madrid. Family instability affected his intellectual
formation, although it is believed that he attended the universities of Alcalá de
Henares and Salamanca.
He participated in the battle of Lepanto (1571) as a soldier in the company of Don
Diego de Urbina. In that battle, he received a wound in his left hand that became
stagnant.
After several years of military life in Italy, he was captured by Turkish pirates in
Algiers (1575) and sold into slavery.

Adolf Hitler was a German politician, military man

and dictator of Austrian origin. Hitler was born on
April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria,
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Hitler became imperial chancellor in 1933 and later
Führer (leader) of Germany. He established a
totalitarian regime under the National Socialist
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German Workers Party.
He invaded Poland in 1939, triggering World War II. During this period, he was a
key figure in the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of approximately 11
million people,
Despite the inevitable defeat, Hitler rejected all negotiations during the war. He
committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin a few days before the fall of the city.
Karl Marx, also known as Karl Henry Marx, was
a German philosopher, economist, sociologist,
historian, journalist, intellectual and communist
politician of Jewish origin.
Marx was born on May 5, 1818 in Trier, a
province of Prussia (now part of Germany).
He came from a family of rabbis, but his father
converted to Christianity before his birth. At the
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He studied at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he became interested in
liberal ideas and began to develop his critical thinking.
Marx defended philosophical materialism, maintaining that reality is interpreted
or translated in the individual's brain.
Marx coined the concept of historical materialism, which analyzes how economic
relations and class struggles drive social change throughout history.
He explored the alienation of the individual in the capitalist system, where labor
becomes a commodity and the worker loses his connection to the product of his
labor.
Marx is famous for his theory of class struggle, which posits that history is a series
of conflicts between social classes.
His notable works are: The Manifesto of the Communist Party and Capital.
Marx was a precursor of modern sociology

Genghis Khan, also known as Temujin, was a Mongolian

soldier and conqueror who forged one of the largest empires in
history.
He was born approximately April 16, 1162 in the desolate
steppes of Mongolia, near the Onon River.
At 9-10 years old, Temujin lost his father and faced difficulties
with his family.
After Yesugei's death, the tribes that had gathered around his
father began to desert, but Temujin demonstrated his bravery and leadership.
Temujin unified the kaganates and established himself as the undisputed leader.
He directed his warlike appetite against China and then against the Chorasmian
Empire, extending his dominions from the Pacific to
Although illiterate, he had the vision of promoting science and literature in his
lands.
Legacy and Title of “Great Khan”:
Genghis Khan built the Mongol Empire, conquering unimaginable lands.
His success lay in choosing generals for merit in battle, not for lineage, and in his
charisma.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, polymath and scientist
born in the city of Stagira, north of Ancient Greece. His life
and legacy have profoundly influenced the intellectual
history of the West for more than two millennia.
Aristotle was a disciple of Plato during the twenty years that
he was at the Academy of Athens.
Shortly after Plato's death, Aristotle left Athens to be
Alexander the Great's teacher in the Kingdom of Macedonia
for almost 5 years.
Late in his life, Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens,
where he taught until a year before his death.
At the Lyceum, he taught while walking, which gave rise to the name “peripatetic”
school.
Considered the father of logic and biology, Aristotle carried out the first
systematic research in this regard.
He has also been called the father of political science, zoology, embryology,
natural law, the scientific method, rhetoric, psychology, realism, criticism,
individualism, teleology, and meteorology.
He wrote nearly 200 works, of which only 31 have survived. His works cover an
enormous variety of topics, such as logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science,
ethics, political philosophy, rhetoric, physics, astronomy and biology.

Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleone

Buonaparte, was a French soldier and politician of Italian
origin, born in Corsica on August 15, 1769.
He was born in Ajaccio, capital of present-day Corsica,
into a large family of eight siblings.
During the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon rose to
fame as a brilliant military man.
He led successful campaigns in Italy and Egypt,
consolidating his prestige and power.
In 1804, he proclaimed himself Emperor of the French as
Napoleon I. He initiated liberal reforms and is considered
one of the greatest military commanders in history.
After a series of victories, he suffered defeats in Russia and Waterloo.
He was exiled to the island of Saint Helena, where he died on May 5, 1821.
Pythagoras, also known as Pythagoras of Samos,
was a Greek philosopher and mathematician born
around 570 BC. on the island of Samos.
Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School, a
society that was interested in medicine,
cosmology, philosophy, ethics and politics.
His doctrine was considered secret, and disciples
had to wait several years before being presented to the master.
Although he left no written work, he is credited with the famous Pythagorean
theorem for right triangles.
Pythagoras formulated principles that influenced the development of mathematics
and rational philosophy in the West.
He is also credited with the idea of numerical harmony in music and astronomy.
Pythagoras died around 490 BC. in Metaponto.

George Washington, born on February 22, 1732 on the banks

of the Potomac River, in the current state of Virginia, was a
transcendental historical figure in the construction of the
United States of America.
George Washington belonged to a distinguished English
family that had arrived in America in the mid-17th century.
Although his education was rudimentary, Washington
became familiar with the tasks of the colonists and
developed an active temperament.
Listening to the stories of his half-brother, Lawrence,
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awakened in George an early military vocation.
He worked as a surveyor, which taught him about the customs of the Indians and
the possibilities of colonization of the West.
During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Washington led the Continental
Army to victory over the British.
He was elected the first president of the United States of America (1789-1797).
Washington is remembered as the founding father of the United States.
His leadership in the war and his role in building the new nation make him an
unforgettable historical figure.