Biography

Michelangelo created many monumental works in Rome.

After the death of Catherine II, Kosciuszko was freed from captivity by her successor, Tsar Paul I Romanov.

In 1784, Kosciuszko returned to Poland.

He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.

In 1875, having previously obtained a scholarship (thanks to a high school teacher), he enrolled at the Graz University of Technology.

Not all of his children reached adulthood.

Kosciuszko's stay in Paris lasted five years.

His father most likely taught Antonio to play the violin.

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

Anna was advised to undergo surgery due to her illness but refused since it would have meant she would not be able to perform any longer.