Biography

He was often called "Avida Dollars".

The birds of the Galapagos Islands gave him the opportunity to think about the origin of species.

He introduced the poll tax, which was the primary source of revenue for the Russian monarchy until 1887.

In 1948, he traveled to Europe with his wife, stopping in Venice for several months.

Ada Lovelace died of uterine cancer in 1852 at the age of 36. Her father, Lord Byron, died at the same age.

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to be officially deified.

At some point, it was time for the heir to the throne to marry.

He was painting the Last Judgment on the Sistine Chapel's altar wall from 1534 to 1541.

Garros ended up in German captivity in 1915. During a raid on the Courtrai railway station in German-controlled territory, a fuel line in his plane became clogged, forcing him to land. Garros was captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp at the fortress of Magdeburg, where he spent three years.

After the master's death, a letter to the Immortal Beloved was found in a hidden drawer of the desk (found together with, among others, the Heiligenstadt Testament).