Biography

During his early years at the Tsar's court, Rasputin went on various pilgrimages several times, including (possibly) Jerusalem in 1911.

Aristotle was married to a Greek embryologist and biologist, Pythias the Elder.

Constantine the Great also enacted several new laws regarding the Jews.

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.

Between 1820 and 1823, Kosciuszko's mound was raised in Krakow.

Shakespeare had likely been in London since 1588. In 1592, the first printed mention of Shakespeare appeared in a pamphlet by Robert Greene - an English writer, playwright, and critic.

At the age of 27, he married the widowed aristocrat Josephine de Beauharnais (she was the mistress of many influential politicians after her husband's death).

He was the first commander of the Roman army to succeed in crossing the Channel.

In October 2020, New York’s Christie’s Auction House reported that a copy of the First Folio sold for $9.97 million.

An admirer of Jane's novels was the Prince Regent - later King George IV, who kept a set of all her novels in every residence.