Biography

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

In 1879, Nikola Tesla suffered a nervous breakdown.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist who lived from 1770 to 1827.

At the age of seventeen, Ada was introduced to the royal court.

Toward the end of his life, Tesla worked obsessively on the concept of free energy.

On October 10, 1794, a battle took place near Maciejowice between Polish troops commanded by the head of the insurrection Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Russian troops under General Fyodor Denisov.

"Northanger Abbey" is a parody of the so-called Gothic novel, a literary genre extremely popular in Britain at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Beethoven began learning music at the age of five, and because the study regime was strict and intense, it often reduced him to tears.

He measured about 195 centimeters, which makes him the tallest president of the US.

His mother tongue is Russian.