Biography

Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia - an irrational, terrifying fear of cats.

In 1995, a television adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" - a miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, was awarded an Emmy statuette.

Tesla then went to Paris, where he worked at the Continental Edison Company. This company manufactured generators, motors, and lighting based on the patents of Thomas A. Edison.

After finishing school in 1873, he returned to Smiljan, where he fell ill with cholera shortly after his arrival.

A bystander to the event reported it to the police, and an investigation was launched, resulting in Rasputin's body being fished out of the river.

Hadi Karimi, a graphic artist with Iranian roots, has recently made a very realistic portrait, the latest reconstruction of Frederic Chopin's face.

In 1740, Vivaldi traveled to Vienna, where he died a year later of an illness that was not fully diagnosed. He was 62 years old.

In 1808, he published a book, "Manoeuvres of horse artillery."

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.

When the lyceum where Frederic's father worked was moved from the Saski Palace to the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Chopins settled in the outbuilding of the palace, the so-called post-rector's building.