Biography

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

In 1769, he traveled to Paris as a Royal Scholar.

To combat inflation, he introduced a new gold coin, the solidus, which became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.

Since 1927 the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition has been held in Warsaw.

The Nobel family came from Östra Nöbbelöv, a village in Skåne, hence the family name.

Darwin worked very hard and neglected his health.

The series "Servant of the People" was quickly removed from the schedule of Russian television, having been previously censored.

He enslaved, mistreated, and abused Indians who were forced to work for him. Any sign of resistance was considered hostile and tribal villages were raided and destroyed and their inhabitants murdered or kidnapped.

Prince Jozef Poniatowski became the commander of the Polish crown army of 17.000 soldiers, and Tadeusz Kosciuszko became the commander of one of the three divisions.

He was granted by Mexico land of 48,4 thousand acres (19,6 thousand hectares).