Biography

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.

In 1817 the first printed work by Frederic Chopin was published. It was a polonaise in the key of G minor.

He did not have a good reputation even in his home village.

Peter I reformed the army, introducing annual compulsory conscription for permanent service in the regular army.

In 1808, he published a book, "Manoeuvres of horse artillery."

Beethoven never married.

Shakespeare had likely been in London since 1588. In 1592, the first printed mention of Shakespeare appeared in a pamphlet by Robert Greene - an English writer, playwright, and critic.

He also invented the wireless transfer of electricity.

His mother was Nancy Lincoln, née Hanks. Her descendant, and therefore a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, is actor Tom Hanks.

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