Biography

For the sake of Chopin's health and life, as a cholera epidemic was spreading in Paris, his friends found an apartment in Chaillot for him.

Chopin's relationship with George Sand lasted almost until the last years of the composer's life, ending in 1847.

After his father's death, Peter's half-brother, Fyodor III Romanov, took the throne.

Six-fingered cats - Hemingway cats - were named in honor of Ernest Hemingway.

In the political life of Poland at the time, a group of activists pushing the need for reform played an increasingly important role.

He was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean.

Eight-year-old Amadeus gave concerts at Versailles for Louis XV and at Buckingham Palace for George III.

Michelangelo was well established as a great, admired artist, but as a man, he was feared.

In 1596, thanks to Shakespeare’s efforts, his father was granted a noble title.

After her performance in Giselle, she became a prima ballerina in 1906.