Biography

She did not get involved in religious or political disputes.

At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.

The family Buonarroti Simoni was one of the old Florentine families.

Shakespeare’s works have inspired filmmakers. Some 420 full-length films were based on his works.

These concertos are one of the most outstanding examples of programmatic-illustrative music.

Michelangelo left Florence for Rome in 1496.

The dying Chopin asked that after his death his heart be taken from his body and sent to Warsaw.

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko was born in 1746 in Mereczowszczyzna near Kosovo in Polesia.