Biography

Saturday, 29 November 2025

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Antonio Vivaldi
Beginning in 1718, a period of Vivaldi's travels in Europe began.
He spent the first two years at the court of Margrave Hesse-Darmstad in Mantua, where he was mainly engaged in composing secular music.
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was never a spy for the Soviet Union. This was determined in 2009 based on extensive analysis of KGB archives
Soviet intelligence repeatedly tried to recruit him, but never succeeded. He himself removed several ...
Abraham Lincoln
He loved telling stories and anecdotes, especially in situations where he could not openly express his opinion.
During the escape of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, when asked by General Sherman whether he ...
Kate Middleton
She underwent head surgery as a child.
What ailed the Princess in her childhood has never been made public. However, the information about ...
Amadeus Mozart
He visited Italy three times between 1769 and 1773.
During his first stay, he met Giovanni Battista Martini, an Italian composer, pedagogue, and music t ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In 2003, he and his group returned to Ukraine permanently and became active in the Ukrainian entertainment market.
He continued his cabaret activities and began his career as a comedy actor. The TV cabaret formula "Kvartal 95" quickly became one of the most popular entertainment programs on Ukrainian television.
William Shakespeare
Some researchers believe Shakespeare was not fond of his wife.
He lived and worked in London, while Anne stayed in Stratford. Many researchers also believe that she was the prototype of the antagonist of a play called “Taming of the Shrew.”
Jane Austen
Jane Austin was born on 16 December 1775 in Stevenson near Basingstoke, Hempshire.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was probably first introduced to Joseph Haydn in late 1790 when he, traveling to London, stopped over Christmas in Bonn.
A year and a half later, they met in Vienna, when Beethoven was playing in La Redoute Bonn Bad Godesberg.
Frederic Chopin
When the lyceum where Frederic's father worked was moved from the Saski Palace to the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Chopins settled in the outbuilding of the palace, the so-called post-rector's building.
Their neighbours were then: Juliusz Krzysztof Kolberg with his sons, Samuel Bogumił Linde and Kazimierz Brodziński.