Biography

He defended his doctorate at the age of twenty-two.

Her real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson.

In 1810, Beethoven was hailed by the writer and composer Ernst Hoffmann in an influential review of the Allgemeinemusikalische Zeitung as the greatest of the three "Romantic" composers.

In 1909 he attended as an observer the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne, an international aviation event.

Peter the Great died on February 8, 1725, in St. Petersburg.

During his student years, Chopin was fascinated by folk music, and it characterises his work from this period.

The battle on the Circus Maximus grounds pitted 2 captive armies against each other to fight to the death.

He created about 1500 paintings.

Shakespeare’s father was probably an obscure Catholic.

Rasputin's influence at the Tsar's court significantly increased after the outbreak of World War I.