Biography

Sunday, 1 November 2026

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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 ...
Christopher Columbus
While acquiring a maritime practice, Columbus simultaneously educated himself by reading the writings of ancient and classical writers Strabo, Seneca, and Aristotle, as well as his humanist contemporaries.
Imago Mundi  by Pierre d'Ailly's and famous map of the Florentine astronomer Toscanelli had a great ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin's relationship with George Sand lasted almost until the last years of the composer's life, ending in 1847.
Chopin greatly outlived this separation, and after leaving Nohant he did not compose any significant works.
Anna Pavlova
She loved animals.
She possessed several cats, including a Siamese can, dogs, birds, and swans.
Charles Darwin
He ate animals that were not on the menu of traditional English cuisine. He definitely did not like owls.
It was all due to a group he joined while studying at Cambridge between 1828 and 1831. There, a grou ...
Peter the Great
Peter the Great died on February 8, 1725, in St. Petersburg.
He is buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral on the grounds of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Salvador Dali
Was he inspired by Einstein?
Critics and scholars wondered if Dali's famous Melting Watch was inspired on Einsteins theory of relativity.
Salvador Dali
Dali was fascinated by Hitler.
He claimed that he often dreams of him, like other men dream of women.
Kate Middleton
The wedding took place on Friday, April 29th, 2011, at Westminster Abbey.
1.900 people, including politicians, athletes, and artists, were invited to the ceremony. The day of ...
Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great is a saint of the Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox Church calls him an equal of the Apostles. His feast day is May 21.