Biography

In 1988, a 10-franc coin with a portrait of Roland Garros was released in France.

Constantine I the Great was born around 272 in Naissus, part of the province of Dardania in Mesa, a Roman province in the central Balkans (now Niš, a city in Serbia).

These concertos are one of the most outstanding examples of programmatic-illustrative music.

He also invented the wireless transfer of electricity.

Hemingway’s second son Patrick was born in 1928 in Kansas City.

At 18, Shakespeare married 26-years old Anne Hathaway. Because of the age difference and Anne’s pregnancy, it was suspected that the wedding was a necessity.

William Shakespeare died in Stratford, at New Place on Chapel Street, on April 23, 1616.

Alfred and his three brothers spent their early childhood in poverty. After several business failures, his father's workshop went bankrupt and was auctioned off.

She wanted to be buried next to her father.

According to the will, the heart extracted from Kosciuszko's body was placed in an urn and given to Emilia Zeltner, the daughter of Franz.