Biography

In ancient times he was believed to be the son of the river god Meles and the nymph Kreteis.

Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.

He wrote his first opera "Ottone in villa" at the age of 35.

Westinghouse used Tesla's system to light the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, which earned him a contract to build the first equipment at Niagara Falls.

Columbus Day is celebrated in many countries in the Americas, and in Spain.

According to tradition, Homer died in old age on the island of Chios.

In accordance with the predominant religion of the islands, he was baptized in the Anglican rite.

He also experimented with the transmission of sound.

With so much support among Rome's low and middle classes, Caesar set about reforming the state. Laws prepared by him were aimed at centralizing power and unifying the Roman provinces.

He lived from 1865 to 1943.