Biography

Anna was fascinated with ballet and dedicated her youth to becoming a ballet dancer.

His mother was Nancy Lincoln, née Hanks. Her descendant, and therefore a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, is actor Tom Hanks.

He became heir to the British throne when he was less than 3.5 years old. Charles' grandfather, King George VI, died on February 6, 1952, making the then 26-year-old Elizabeth Queen.

He was such a gifted student that he completed the third and fourth grades in one year and the eighth grade in six months. In his last year of school he became interested in chemistry.

She was the daughter of the mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Theon of Alexandria.

The last Pieta he made for the cathedral in Florence was intended in his last will for his tomb.

His bandmate from "Phoenix Jazzman" gave him the nickname Sting because of the black and yellow striped sweater he often wore during performances.

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

Two funerals of Michelangelo took place in Florence.

In 1847, Sutter planted more than two thousand fruit trees, marking the birth of agriculture in the Sacramento Valley.