Biography

During World War I, Hemingway sought to be sent to the Italian front.

Since 1927 the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition has been held in Warsaw.

In 1818, the first review of Chopin's works was published in print.

"The Aeneid" - the epic by the Roman poet Virgil is a direct reference to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".

Faced with this state of affairs, he left for Dresden but did not find a position there either - he sought to enter service at the Saxon court or the Elector's army.

Sting is the father of six children. He has two children with his first wife, Frances Tornelty (1976 - 1984), and four with Trudie Styler, with whom he has formed a happy relationship since 1992.

As part of his work duties, he began his first oceanic trading voyages to England, Madeira and Guinea.

He loved ripping money off of naive people.

Anecdotes say that Antonio Vivaldi wrote the Four Seasons and about six hundred variations on this composition.

In his adult life he also ate unusual animals.