Biography

Kosciuszko's orderly was an African-American from western Massachusetts, Agrippa Hull.

The composer returned to Paris shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte was elected President of the Second French Republic.

Grigori Rasputin was a Russian peasant claiming to be an Orthodox monk, a mystic, and a favorite of the family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov.

To survive, he had to take on various jobs for a year (from spring 1886 to spring 1887).

During the Hellenistic period, Homer was the object of hero worship in several cities.

In 1995, UNESCO designated the day of Shakespeare’s birth and death - April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day.

At 18, Shakespeare married 26-years old Anne Hathaway. Because of the age difference and Anne’s pregnancy, it was suspected that the wedding was a necessity.

She was born on 1st June 1926, in Los Angeles.

Although she never knew her father, she was fascinated by him throughout her life.

Chopin died on the night of October 17, 1849.