Biography

Sting has co-written music for many soundtracks, most notably Disney's animated film "The Emperor’s New Groove," the romantic comedy "Kate & Leopold," and the Civil War drama "Cold Mountain"

The Ninth Symphony was something revolutionary, something that had never happened before in the history of music, the history of symphony.

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

Jane Austen's life was brought to the screen in films such as "Jane in Love" and" Miss Austen Regrets."

In 1791, Wolfgang's librettist and friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned him to write "The Magic Flute" - a fairy tale opera (singspiel - opera with spoken interludes).

Like her sister Aloysia, Constance Weber was a singer.

Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo.

At the orphanage's music school, Vivaldi taught girls to play the violin but also began composing his first debut works.

He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.

Michelangelo worked for seven popes in Rome.