Biography

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

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Anna Pavlova
She was the first Russian prima ballerina, who gained international fame.
Anna was the first ballerina that performed in Australia, India, and South America.
Amadeus Mozart
He left his job with the archbishop and moved to Vienna.
He settled in a room rented from Aloysius Weber's family. Aloysia was already married at the time, b ...
Charles Darwin
In 1835, Darwin experienced an earthquake in Chile.
High in the Andes, he saw shells and numerous tree fossils exposed by the tremors. From this he conc ...
Sting
In 1987, he and his future wife, Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to bringing attention to the rainforests and defending the rights of the indigenous people.
One of the frogs discovered in Colombia was named Dendropsophus stingi in recognition of Sting's contributions.
William Shakespeare
There are over 100 variations of the name Shakespeare. The poet was also known as Shakspere, Shakspear, Shakespere, Shaksper, Shaxper Shake-spear.
The spelling rules were not yet clearly established at the time.
Frederic Chopin
Chopin began learning the piano quite early, at the turn of his fourth and fifth year.
His mother gave him lessons.
Gaius Julius Caesar
On April 6, 46 BC, a final clash between the Pompeians and the Caesarians took place at Tapsus (Ras Dimas) in Tunisia.
Caesar's 10 legions were led by Scipio's 10 legions supported by 2500 units of Numidian cavalry and ...
Peter the Great
The envoy visited Livonia and Prussia, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Austria and the Republic.
In social contacts, Peter I was perceived as an attractive man with a noble demeanor and pleasant ap ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway and Pauline attended a three-month safari in Africa.
Their guide was Philip Hope Percival, who also hunted with Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. During the sa ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
After assuming dictatorial power in France, Napoleon began a very vigorous effort to organize the functioning of the country.
To win the favor of the aristocracy, he declared an amnesty for royalist émigrés, who were allowed t ...