Biography

Friday, 21 August 2026

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Sting
In the summer of 2014, he wrote the musical "The Last Ship," inspired by his childhood in the shipyard town of Wallsend.
“The Last Ship”, Sting’s eleventh studio album, was released in 2013.
Antonio Vivaldi
At the orphanage's music school, Vivaldi taught girls to play the violin but also began composing his first debut works.
In 1705, his first collection of sonatas a tre (a trio sonata, a sonata for two solo instruments and ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway had a special bond with his black and white male cat, Boise.
It grew closer to Hemingway than any other human or animal. Boise walked with him step by step, acco ...
Marilyn Monroe
Monroe died on 5th August 1962.
The cause of death was determined as a sleeping pill overdose.
Hypatia
She educated successive members of Alexandria's elite, and her students held high positions.
Hypatia came from an aristocratic background and circulated among the ruling and cultural elite. Her ...
Hypatia
A planet, an asteroid, a crater and a group of fissures (Rimae Hypatia) on the Moon are named after Hypatia.
In 2015, her name crossed the borders of the solar system. An exoplanet discovered in 2002 orbiting ...
Aristotle
Aristotle tutored several crown heads.
Apart from Alexander the Great, who was one of the most prominent rulers of Macedonia, Aristotle tut ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
After the death of his brother Kasper, Beethoven tried hard to take care of his son Karl, because he believed that his widow, Johanna, was too promiscuous to take care of the child.
Unfortunately, Ludwig was completely unsuitable for raising his nephew, he did not lead a stable lif ...
Christopher Columbus
In 1476 he took part in an expedition of Genoese merchant ships to Lisbon and Flanders.
During this expedition, near Cape St. Vincent, a fleet of Franco-Portuguese attacked a Genoese convo ...
Antonio Vivaldi
He wrote his first opera "Ottone in villa" at the age of 35.
It premiered on May 17, 1713, at the Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza.