Biography

His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.

George Gordon Byron's life was filled with moral scandals and love conquests.

Shortly after his public debut, he published three piano trios, which he gave the opus number 1.

Just before his death, Mozart began work on the Requiem funeral mass.

While in The Hague, he regularly attended parliamentary sessions (as an observer), visited scholars, and toured palaces, picture galleries, and museums.

He is credited with the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Ada Lovelace lived from 1815 to 1852.

The funeral ceremony took place on January 12.

Like many other activists, Kosciuszko decided to leave the country and go into exile in Saxony, as an emigration center of opponents of the Targowica Confederation was being formed in Leipzig and Dresden.

In Joe Wright's 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, young lovers struggling with social conventions, barriers, and prejudices were played by Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.