Biography

He suffered from seasickness.

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

In 1791, Wolfgang's librettist and friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned him to write "The Magic Flute" - a fairy tale opera (singspiel - opera with spoken interludes).

Michelangelo was well established as a great, admired artist, but as a man, he was feared.

As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting won 17 Grammy Awards, won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take," three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994, a Golden Globe, an Emmy and four Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.

For several years, it was believed his death was an accident.

He became a very popular professor and was nicknamed "Oppie".

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).

Napoleon divorced Josephine (she did not give him an heir) and married Marie Louise - daughter of the defeated Austrian Emperor Francis II.

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