Biography

He was the seventh child of Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria, née Pertl.

In 1783, he premiered the Great Mass in C minor KV 427.

In 1813, Napoleon suffered defeat in the "battle of nations" at Leipzig - the largest battle in the history of the Napoleonic Wars.

Alfred and his three brothers spent their early childhood in poverty. After several business failures, his father's workshop went bankrupt and was auctioned off.

Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817 in Winchester at the age of 41.

Monroe was awarded a Golden Globe for her role in “Some Like it Hot.”

Grace Hall-Hemingway followed the Victorian convention of not differentiating children’s clothing by gender.

In 1931, Hemingway’s third son Gregory Hancock Hemingway was born.

The United States Military Academy at West Point has a statue of Kosciuszko and a commemorative plaque.

The farce “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy at 1,770 lines. His most extended play is “Hamlet,” with 4042 lines.