Biography

There are over 100 variations of the name Shakespeare. The poet was also known as Shakspere, Shakspear, Shakespere, Shaksper, Shaxper Shake-spear.

His personal life did not go so well.

Rasputin's funeral took place in a park in Tsarskoye Selo in 1916.

He introduced a new administrative division of the country, dividing it into gubernias, provinces, and districts.

Beethoven never married.

Young William attended a grammar school in Stratford, a prestigious institution where pupils were taught by Oxford and Cambridge magisters. The young Shakespeare learned Latin, history, ancient literature, rhetoric, basic grammar, and modern languages.

Jane Austen's first novel - "Sense and Sensibility" was published in 1811 in three volumes as a work, "By a Lady."

After the outbreak of the revolution in Paris, Chopin went to England and Scotland. He was already in very poor health, and the journey aggravated it.

He first became consul in 59 BC.

After the British campaign, Caesar faced another challenge - the revolt of the Gauls.