Biography

Tesla was a capable, bright student able to perform integral calculus by memory.

He was the first Russian tsar to travel abroad.

His highest religious dignity, however, was bestowed on him in 63 BC when he was elected Pontifex Maximus.

When the lyceum where Frederic's father worked was moved from the Saski Palace to the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Chopins settled in the outbuilding of the palace, the so-called post-rector's building.

He had many plans and dreams connected with his art, but he failed to achieve them all.

Thanks to the Corsican governor's patronage, he was admitted to a military school in Brienne-le-Chateau.

Towards the end of his life, Ludwig senior had his portrait painted, which remained in his grandson's rooms as a talisman of his musical heritage.

Lincoln’s embalmed body rests in a mausoleum in Springfield.

After a year of apprenticeship in a painter's studio, he moved to the studio of the sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor, voyager, and navigator. He was also a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.