Biography

He was probably born in Genoa in the year 1451.

The battle on the Circus Maximus grounds pitted 2 captive armies against each other to fight to the death.

Every summer, the family traveled to Windemere on Walloon Lake, where Clarence taught his son about hunting, fishing and camping in the forests of Northern Michigan. These experiences instilled in him a lifelong passion for spending time outdoors in remote areas.

It was not Darwin's observation of finches that contributed to the formulation of the theory of evolution.

In August 1792, the National Legislative Assembly of revolutionary France awarded Kosciuszko the honorary title of Citizen of France.

While in the hospital, he shared his room with Henry Serrano Villard, a writer who later became an ambassador.

In 1913, Tesla patented a bladeless disc turbine - his 100th patent.

Because of Aristotle’s Macedonian ties, he fled Athens and ventured to the court of his father-in-law, Hermias of Atarneus.

California Goldrush drove him into bankruptcy.

In 1954, Hemingway and his wife traveled to Africa, where they were twice involved in plane crashes.