Biography

Sunday, 24 May 2026

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven took part in the so-called piano "duels".
The first one took place at the home of Baron Raimund Wetzlar, a former patron of Mozart, with the v ...
Peter the Great
He introduced the Julian calendar in place of the Byzantine calendar.
At the time, the Julian calendar was used only in Protestant countries; Catholics had already been using the Gregorian calendar for 100 years.
Anna Pavlova
In 1914, she married Victor Dandré, a Duma official, who she met in Paris between 1900 and 1904.
Very soon after they met, Dandré became Anna’s manager. Dandré was responsible for organizing her to ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin began learning the piano quite early, at the turn of his fourth and fifth year.
His mother gave him lessons.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo sculpted exclusively in marble. Most of the time, he worked alone and only during the creation of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel he hired thirteen assistants.
He had the peculiar habit of signing his pictures by placing his own image among the painted figures. They can be found in the Sistine Chapel or in the frescoes in the Cappella Paolina.
Rasputin
After the revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy, the new government ordered that the coffin containing the body be brought out and burned.
The ashes were scattered to the wind.
Hypatia
The exact date of Hypatia's birth is not known.
She was probably born around 355 or 370. Such dates are given in her biographies, written by ancient scholars decades after her death. Most modern scholars believe that Hypatia was born in 370.
Peter the Great
The official purpose of this trip was to obtain confirmation that Turkey's European adversaries were ready to continue the war against the "enemy of the Lord's cross."
However, diplomatic considerations were not the only ones that came into play. Peter was curious abo ...
John Sutter
He arrived in Alta California in 1839.
W towarzystwie trzech europejskich imigrantów, rdzennie amerykańskiego chłopca i dziesięciu ludzi, k ...
William Shakespeare
Power is considered the most essential theme of his dramas.
Shakespeare depicts it as a destructive and demoralizing phenomenon with severe consequences for the ...