Biography

The Tsar tried to save the monarchy, which was losing prestige, by strengthening his power through personal castling, largely contrary to Russia's state interests.

When Bonaparte was sixteen, his father died.

The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War.

In his adult life he also ate unusual animals.

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.

Eight-year-old Amadeus gave concerts at Versailles for Louis XV and at Buckingham Palace for George III.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist.

The United States Military Academy at West Point has a statue of Kosciuszko and a commemorative plaque.

Shakespeare’s father, John, was among the respected citizens of Stratford.

His education was handled by two thinkers and philosophers, Marsilio Ficino, the Athenian school founder in Florence and one of the most famous figures of the early Renaissance, and Count Giovanni della Mirandola.