Biography

While acquiring a maritime practice, Columbus simultaneously educated himself by reading the writings of ancient and classical writers Strabo, Seneca, and Aristotle, as well as his humanist contemporaries.

On February 24, 2022, Russian troops launched an invasion of Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin.

To consolidate his power in France, after a nationwide plebiscite, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804.

"Ode to Joy" is a poem by Friedrich Schiller written in November 1785 - the final author's version comes from 1803.

He died as a result of a gunshot wound during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater.

Napoleon divorced Josephine (she did not give him an heir) and married Marie Louise - daughter of the defeated Austrian Emperor Francis II.

Homer probably lived in the eighth century BC.

He was always fascinated by the legendary painter Pablo Picasso.

The official purpose of this trip was to obtain confirmation that Turkey's European adversaries were ready to continue the war against the "enemy of the Lord's cross."

During his student years, Chopin was fascinated by folk music, and it characterises his work from this period.