Biography

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

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Amadeus Mozart
In 1809, Constance remarried.
Her chosen one was the Danish diplomat Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, who was a great admirer of Mozart' ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo worked for seven popes in Rome.
The first of these was Julius II, for whom Buonarroti began a tomb that was to consist of about 40 s ...
Frederic Chopin
He was born in the outbuilding of the manor house belonging to the Skarbeks, where his father served as tutor.
Nicolas Chopin was a polonised Frenchman. He was a French teacher and a tutor. Among other things, h ...
Hypatia
Bishop Cyril harboured a deep, pathological hatred for Hypatia.
He envied the mathematician's wisdom and extensive astronomical knowledge, but above all her popular ...
Sting
In the 1990s, Sting released four albums.
"The Soul Cages" - a darker one, reflecting the recent loss of his father; "Ten Summoner's Tales" - ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
His power after 46 BC was virtually unlimited.
On the one hand, he strengthened it during his victorious military campaigns; on the other hand, by ...
Salvador Dali
He was the first marquis of Dali de Pubol.
The castle of Pubol was a gift for Salvador's great love Gala. When Dali became the owner of the cas ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace lived from 1815 to 1852.
Her actual name was Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and she was the only married daughter of Lord Byron, one of England's greatest poets and playwrights.
Ada Lovelace
Although she never knew her father, she was fascinated by him throughout her life.
Ada showed an aptitude for poetry, but her mother tried to discourage her because she believed that ...
Rasputin
There are also hypotheses that Rasputin's assassination was inspired by British intelligence, which feared a separatist truce between Russia and Germany, which Rasputin urged on the Tsar.
Doubts were sown by the inconsistent testimony of the assassins and the lack of traces of poison in ...