Biography

There was also an anecdote circulating about Vivaldi referring to him as a red-headed priest running to the sacristy during mass to write down a musical theme that had just come to mind.

Jane Austen's life was brought to the screen in films such as "Jane in Love" and" Miss Austen Regrets."

California Goldrush drove him into bankruptcy.

Ada Lovelace befriended her tutor Mary Somerville.Mary Somerville was a Scottish physicist, writer and scholar. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel (a British astronomer) were elected as the first honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Like many other activists, Kosciuszko decided to leave the country and go into exile in Saxony, as an emigration center of opponents of the Targowica Confederation was being formed in Leipzig and Dresden.

He loved fashion.

There were many fratricidal clashes during the power struggle with Pompey.

During World War I, Hemingway sought to be sent to the Italian front.

Anna graduated from the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School at the age of 18.

After his return from Vienna, Chopin spent a week in Puturzyn at the home of his friend, Tytus Woyciechowski, and then travelled to Kalisz, where he spent the last three days in his home country.