Biography

He had sadistic tendencies in his childhood.

The Four Seasons is a cycle of 4 violin concertos included in the Op. 8 collection of 12 concertos, "Dispute between Harmony and Imagination," published in 1725.

In Munich, Amadeus met the sixteen-year-old soprano Aloysia Weber and fell in love with her.

Columbus was accused of extreme brutality againts indigenious people.

He subordinated the Orthodox Church to the state, allowing Russia to take over the cultural tradition of Byzantium.

He wrote his first opera "Ottone in villa" at the age of 35.

The authorship and circumstances of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been debated for centuries. The lack of reliable information about Homer's life has led some scholars to hypothesise that Homer never existed.

In 1796-1797, Napoleon enjoyed military success in Italy.

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

Darwin worked very hard and neglected his health.