Biography

After sailing for more than two months, one of the sailors spotted land. The ships probably reached Watling Island (San Salvador), Bahamas.

Anna settled at the Ivy House in Golders Green, London, in 1912.

Dali and his beloved wife Helena Diakonova, better known as Gala, loved to organize lavish parties.

Monroe died on 5th August 1962.

Beethoven took part in the so-called piano "duels".

American astronomer Edward Bowell named Kosciuszko for one of the asteroids he discovered.

In Munich, Amadeus met the sixteen-year-old soprano Aloysia Weber and fell in love with her.

In 1806, Beethoven visited Count Franz von Oppersdorff in his castle in Głogówek near Prudnik.

At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.

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.