Biography

Already separated from Pauline, Hemingway moved out of Key West to a summer residence in Ketchum, Idaho.

The young, eight-year-old Chopin played in Warsaw for the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, to whom he offered two of his Polish dances.

Beethoven worked a lot, led a destructive lifestyle, lived in poor conditions, had many personal problems, and, in addition, suffered from numerous diseases - this led to very severe exhaustion of his body.

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

"Ode to Joy" is a poem by Friedrich Schiller written in November 1785 - the final author's version comes from 1803.

He was admitted to the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa ( ΦΒΚ ).

It was not Darwin's observation of finches that contributed to the formulation of the theory of evolution.

The Kosciuszko Insurrection, also known as the Kosciuszko Uprising, was a Polish national uprising against Russia and Prussia in 1794, including the Warsaw, Vilnius, Kurland, Greater Poland, and several other insurrections.

Rasputin managed to stop the Tsar's bleeding several times, for which he was honored by the Tsarina with a special position at the Tsar's court.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko died in Solothurn on October 15, 1817, at age 71, and was buried in nearby Zuchwil.