Biography

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

At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.

Jane Austin's first literary attempts date from 1787 (she was 12 years old at the time).

After the revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy, the new government ordered that the coffin containing the body be brought out and burned.

He was born into a Serbian family, and his ancestors came from western Serbia near Montenegro.

When Bonaparte was sixteen, his father died.

At the insistence of his marshals, Napoleon abdicated, relinquishing power to his son, and entrusting the regency to his wife Marie Louise.

She ranked 6th in the list of the Greatest Actresses of All Time published by the American Film Institute.

According to some legends, Homer was blind.

He arrived in Alta California in 1839.