Biography

Later, Ludwig's father hired better teachers.

He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.

From Nicaraguan tribesmen he learned of the "rich kingdoms" of the - Mayan and possibly Inca civilizations and of the "great sea" (Pacific Ocean) farther west.

Aristotle favored patriarchy.

In 1810, Beethoven was hailed by the writer and composer Ernst Hoffmann in an influential review of the Allgemeinemusikalische Zeitung as the greatest of the three "Romantic" composers.

Jane had numerous siblings - six brothers and one sister.

The plot against Caesar had its beginning on February 22, three weeks before the murder.

In 1905, Rasputin returned to St. Petersburg. A circle of his friends led to his presentation at the Tsar's court.

The outbreak of the French Revolution did not immediately cause Napoleon to join it.

Napoleon's initial military successes in Malta and Lower Egypt were followed by the destruction of the French fleet by Admiral Nelson's squadron of English ships at the mouth of the Nile.