Biography

The length of their informal relationship earned Kate an unflattering nickname.

Amadeus had a sister, Maria Anna, five years older, who was called Nannerl by the household, also musically talented.

At the age of 27, he married the widowed aristocrat Josephine de Beauharnais (she was the mistress of many influential politicians after her husband's death).

Michelangelo worked for seven popes in Rome.

As early as 1836, Chopin met the French writer Aurora Dudevant, known as George Sand, who was six years older.

In 1712, Peter the Great received the Order of the White Eagle - the oldest and highest state decoration of the Republic of Poland, awarded for distinguished civil and military merits for the benefit of the Republic of Poland.

When the lyceum where Frederic's father worked was moved from the Saski Palace to the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Chopins settled in the outbuilding of the palace, the so-called post-rector's building.

In ancient times he was believed to be the son of the river god Meles and the nymph Kreteis.

The British monarch is a talented watercolorist. The Telegraph described him as one of the highest earning artists in the British Isles.

William Shakespeare died in Stratford, at New Place on Chapel Street, on April 23, 1616.