Biography

Jane Austen's letter, dated 29-30 October 1812, sent to her favorite niece Anna Lefroy, in which the writer parodied a Gothic novel she had read, sold for over £162,000 at auction on 11 July 2017.

He introduced the poll tax, which was the primary source of revenue for the Russian monarchy until 1887.

He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.

Prince Jozef Poniatowski became the commander of the Polish crown army of 17.000 soldiers, and Tadeusz Kosciuszko became the commander of one of the three divisions.

Currently, Beethoven is recognized mainly as the author of the Ninth Symphony, which he composed in 1824.

He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.

On November 12, 2019, Charles published his first post on the Instagram platform.

In the post-war period, Hemingway suffered from many illnesses: diabetes, severe headaches, high blood pressure and overweight problems. He also abused alcohol.

"Northanger Abbey" is a parody of the so-called Gothic novel, a literary genre extremely popular in Britain at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

He was painting the Last Judgment on the Sistine Chapel's altar wall from 1534 to 1541.