Biography

As a member of the royal family, Charles has been a patron of charitable initiatives.

He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.

Dali was fascinated by Hitler.

The car manufacturer Peugeot calls the feature lines of some of its car models "Roland Garros".

After less than a year on Elba, Napoleon escaped from the island in February 1815 and appeared in Paris on the first of March, embracing power in France for 100 days.

He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.

Kosciuszko was the first person in 1792 to be awarded the Virtuti Militari gold medal.

The plot against Caesar had its beginning on February 22, three weeks before the murder.

He was the author of many aphorisms.

On the eve of World War I, Garros was in the German Reich. It was there that he learned of the impending conflict.