Biography

The Ninth Symphony was something revolutionary, something that had never happened before in the history of music, the history of symphony.

The reforms introduced by Peter the Great over the years affected the military, administration, economy, as well as education, culture, and the Orthodox Church.

Vivaldi was almost immediately forgotten after his death.

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

In February 1599, he and other members of the Lord Chamberlain’s troupe leased a plot of land on the south bank of the Thames, where they built the magnificent amphitheater “The Globe.”

In 1594, Shakespeare became a member of Lord Chamberlain’s Troupe, later known as the King’s Men, for which he wrote his best plays.

After three years on Mount Athos, he returned to the country, traveled, healed, prophesied, and preached the Word of God.

Michelangelo had a similar attitude towards Raphael.

Meddling in the Polish election, Peter I supported the election of August II the Strong as king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1697.

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to be officially deified.