Biography

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Napoleon Bonaparte
Thanks to the Corsican governor's patronage, he was admitted to a military school in Brienne-le-Chateau.
He was one of fifty royal scholarship recipients. At school, he had a reputation as a loner who pref ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austin's first literary attempts date from 1787 (she was 12 years old at the time).
Between 1787 and 1793, she wrote stories and farces (including humorous short stories and a history ...
Amadeus Mozart
He was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg.
Although he was an Austrian composer, he is often said to be German. At the time Mozart was born, Sa ...
Antonio Vivaldi
He spent the next years of his life traveling around Europe, where he conducted his concerts.
Vivaldi was famous not only in Venice, but his works were also known and admired in France, Holland, Austria, and throughout Italy.
Salvador Dali
He appeared in restaurants in the company of his cat.
Babou was an ocelot, which Dali acquired in 1960 from a Colombian notable. He took him for walks in a collar richly encrusted with precious stones.
Nikola Tesla
It took Tesla almost a full year to complete this task.
He also proposed that Edison switch to alternating current production in his power plants (they prod ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He participated in the longest press conference in history, lasting 14 hours.
During the conference held on October 10 - 11, 2019, President Zelenski answered 500 questions.
Peter the Great
He was the first Russian tsar to travel abroad.
In 1697-1698, he embarked on an official diplomatic, 18-month mission called the “Grand Embassy,” tr ...
Antonio Vivaldi
These concertos are one of the most outstanding examples of programmatic-illustrative music.
They carry programmatic content expressed through musical means. They are distinguished by a great number of onomatopoeic effects and imaginative sound paintings.
Hypatia
Bishop Cyril harboured a deep, pathological hatred for Hypatia.
He envied the mathematician's wisdom and extensive astronomical knowledge, but above all her popular ...