Biography

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

He died as a result of a gunshot wound during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater.

There was also an anecdote circulating about Vivaldi referring to him as a red-headed priest running to the sacristy during mass to write down a musical theme that had just come to mind.

Although she never knew her father, she was fascinated by him throughout her life.

It is quite common to attribute the introduction of right-hand traffic to Napoleon.

The series "Servant of the People" was quickly removed from the schedule of Russian television, having been previously censored.

As a "saintly man," he returned to his native village, where a crowd of female admirers awaited him.

Shakespeare’s lineage died out 25 years after his death.

Nikola Tesla was the author of 300 patents that protected his 125 inventions in 26 countries.

At the peak of his virtuoso fame, in the period 1796-1798, Beethoven experienced the first symptoms of deafness.