Biography

Napoleon divorced Josephine (she did not give him an heir) and married Marie Louise - daughter of the defeated Austrian Emperor Francis II.

He was such a gifted student that he completed the third and fourth grades in one year and the eighth grade in six months. In his last year of school he became interested in chemistry.

Her religious and political neutrality secured her the respect of both the imperial governor of Egypt, Orestes, and the bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus.

Cleopatra bore Caesar a son - Ptolemy Caesar, commonly known as Caesarion.

He ate animals that were not on the menu of traditional English cuisine. He definitely did not like owls.

The performances of talented children brought splendor and, above all, material benefits to the family.

Contrary to the prevailing opinion about the poverty in which Mozart's family lived, caused by their inability to earn a living, the composer earned a great deal of money in the last decade of his life.

While on a tour in China, she performed 37 turns atop a moving elephant.

Over the years, theories have emerged questioning Shakespeare as the author of the works attributed to him.

Julius Caesar's return to Rome in the summer of 46 BC was long and lavishly celebrated.