Biography

He visited Italy three times between 1769 and 1773.

Beethoven's ancestors were Catholic farmers from what is now Belgium (the prefix "van" is a typical element of common Dutch surnames, often derived from the name of a place).

He was famous, leading the life of a virtuoso, composing works that quickly became fashionable in the salons. He moved quickly from a small apartment at Boulevard Poissonniere to the fashionable district of Paris, and his friends called his apartment Olympus, because of the heavenly music that came from there.

He achieved his first military successes as early as 74 BC when he repulsed the invasion of Bithynia by the kingdom of Pontus.

Just before his death, Mozart began work on the Requiem funeral mass.

He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.

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

Kosciuszko's orderly was an African-American from western Massachusetts, Agrippa Hull.

In antiquity he was also regarded as the author of other epic poems.

Zelensky's stance has earned him great acclaim around the world. The media in many parts of the world described the Ukrainian president as a hero and a statesman.