Biography

Garros ended up in German captivity in 1915. During a raid on the Courtrai railway station in German-controlled territory, a fuel line in his plane became clogged, forcing him to land. Garros was captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp at the fortress of Magdeburg, where he spent three years.

Peter I dreamed of bringing Russia as a strong, modernized, accepted state into the arena of European politics.

Shakespeare’s documented artistic activity spans the years 1586 to 1612.

As a widower, Columbus met Beatriz Enriquez in Spain, whom he never married but left her a large portion of his fortune.

Years later, Oppenheimer was rehabilitated by President John F. Kennedy. He awarded him the Enrico Fermi Prize in 1963 for his contributions to the development of atomic energy.

Rasputin managed to stop the Tsar's bleeding several times, for which he was honored by the Tsarina with a special position at the Tsar's court.

He was a very hard-working student, working from 3 in the morning until 11 at night, excluding Sundays and holidays.

After the death of Catherine II, Kosciuszko was freed from captivity by her successor, Tsar Paul I Romanov.

The period of his first compositional successes coincided with the period of his first love affair with Konstancja Gładkowska, the singer he called the ideal.

In the post-war period, Hemingway suffered from many illnesses: diabetes, severe headaches, high blood pressure and overweight problems. He also abused alcohol.