It has been the collective action of human beings, responsible for the great transformations. Social relations, from the most primitive to the most advanced, have constituted the mechanism for the advancement of humanity. However, throughout history there have been women and men who have decisively influenced societies. Scientists, warriors, religious leaders, politicians and artists, all of them exerting an imprint that would serve as a transforming factor in each of the societies where they lived.
In the Biographies section of whatasker.com we are going to immerse ourselves, together with the reader, in the knowledge of the life and achievements of each of humanity’s most influential characters. Through entertaining and didactic texts, we will get to know the work and the influences of each one of them. In many cases, the work of each of these people acts as an inspiration factor and in other cases as an example of the mistakes that we should not repeat. The truth is that approaching the biographies of the influential characters of humanity is looking at history through the eyes of its protagonists.
The explorer and conquistador Spanish Francisco Pizarro was the person who helped Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean, and then make time to conquer Peru in 1532 with his brothers, he founded his capital city, Lima. With the conquest of Lima, Francisco Pizarro helped the Spanish empire gain control of South America by conquering the great Inca Empire in Peru . The promise of wealth and adventure in the … Read more
Victoriano Huerta was a president who ruled Mexico under a dictatorial regime , who united disparate revolutionary forces in common opposition to him. Born to Indian parents, Victoriano Huerta trained at the Chapultepec Military College and eventually reached the rank of general in the army during the government of dictator Porfirio Díaz . Although he was a great admirer of Porfirio Díaz, Huerta served his successor, the liberal president Francisco Madero, … Read more
Caligula , whose full name was Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born on August 31 in Artium, Italy , was a Roman emperor who was chosen as a succession to Tiberius , who effected the transfer of the last legion of a state that had been under a proconsul senatorial to an imperial legacy , thus completing the emperor’s monopoly of army command. The accounts of his reign by ancient historians … Read more
Fernando de Mgallanes was an important navigator of Portuguese origin who was one of the greatest explorers of his time, in fact, he was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean , he also played a crucial role in the first circumnavigation of the world. He was a Portuguese nobleman and navigator, who always sought the support of his king, Manuel I , on three different occasions to … Read more
Venustiano Carranza , born on December 29, 1859, was an important leader in the Mexican civil war after the overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Díaz . He was an important Mexican businessman, military and politician. Carranza became the first president of the new Mexican republic . A person who to some extent was tainted by his association with Díaz and his alliance with new forces of economic exploitation, Carranza … Read more
Ignacio Allende was an officer who was born in Mexico in the Spanish army who changed sides and who dedicated himself to fighting for the independence of his country. He fought in the first part of the conflict together with the “Father of the Independence of Mexico”, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla . Although Allende and Hidalgo had initial success against Spanish colonial forces , both were finally captured … Read more
Felipe I , also called Felipe el Hermoso , was the first King of Castile of the House of Habsburg . He never managed to inherit the territories of his father nor did he become emperor of the Holy Empire, this because he died before his father, but his son, Emperor Charles V, finally united the inheritances of the Habsburgs , Burgundy , Castile and Aragon. Personal information When was he born: 07/22/1478 … Read more
Niccolò Machiavelli was an important Italian political thinker , writer and Florentine statesman, and an important historical figure who is best remembered for his masterpiece entitled The Prince which was written in 1513 but published after his death in 1532. Machiavelli is considered one of the first early analysts of political power. Personal information When was he born: 05/03/1469 Where he was born: Florence, Italy When he died: 06/21/1527 Where he died: Florence, Italy … Read more
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. He was considered one of the most honest and hardworking presidents in the history of Latin America , he provided strong and clean leadership at the time when his country I needed it the most. Today he is revered among Mexicans for his tireless fight to eliminate corruption , and many cities, streets and schools in the country … Read more
Juana la Loca , was born on November 6, 1479, in Toledo, Spain and died on April 11, 1555, in Tordesillas, Spain. She was the queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516, although her husband, Felipe I, her father, Fernando II, and her son, Emperor Carlos V, better known as Carlos I of Spain, were in charge of … Read more