Biography

The car manufacturer Peugeot calls the feature lines of some of its car models "Roland Garros".

During the pandemic in 2020, he was infected with COVID-19.

In 1712, Peter the Great received the Order of the White Eagle - the oldest and highest state decoration of the Republic of Poland, awarded for distinguished civil and military merits for the benefit of the Republic of Poland.

He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.

During his studies at the Warsaw Lyceum, Frederic often left Warsaw and visited a large part of Poland.

The succession of Constantine was assumed by his three sons, Constantine II, Constantius and Constans.

In 1835, Darwin experienced an earthquake in Chile.

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, journalist, and sportsman whose many works are considered classics of American literature.

This time the king responded decisively, sending Francisco Fernandez de Bobadilla west, equipped with far-reaching powers.

The young, eight-year-old Chopin played in Warsaw for the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, to whom he offered two of his Polish dances.