Biography

Monday, 30 June 2025

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Sting
Sting has co-written music for many soundtracks, most notably Disney's animated film "The Emperor’s New Groove," the romantic comedy "Kate & Leopold," and the Civil War drama "Cold Mountain"
Amadeus Mozart
After Mozart's death, Constance was in a very bad financial situation.
So she turned to the imperial court for an annuity from the composer. She also organized a series of concerts that brought her a substantial income.
Nikola Tesla
Toward the end of his life, Tesla worked obsessively on the concept of free energy.
In 1901, he patented a free energy receiver called the Radiant Energy Apparatus. The patent applies to the sun, as well as other sources of radiant energy, such as cosmic rays.
Anna Pavlova
After her performance in Giselle, she became a prima ballerina in 1906.
It was an extremely difficult performance, especially demanding for a dancer with only seven years of experience.
Christopher Columbus
Columbus tried to convince King John II of Portugal to his ideas, but he sent him back to his advisors, who rejected his plan.
Confronted with this, Columbus moved to Spain in 1485, where his ideas were heard by the royal court ...
Peter the Great
He introduced a new administrative division of the country, dividing it into gubernias, provinces, and districts.
He also established magistrates governed by mayors.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
From 2010 to 2012, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Inter TV, where he worked as Chief Producer.
Gaius Julius Caesar
Pompey himself, after his defeat at Pharsalos in 48 BC, fled to Egypt.
Seeking rescue on the other side of the Mediterranean, however, he fell into the worst possible posi ...
Kate Middleton
The length of their informal relationship earned Kate an unflattering nickname.
The press began ironically calling her Waity Katie after the couple’s subsequent reunion, still not ...
Ada Lovelace
She was also a gambling enthusiast - in her late 40s she lost more than £3,000 on horse racing.
Gambling inspired her to create a mathematical model of high stakes betting in 1851. The idea failed, however, and she lost thousands of pounds.