Biography

Chopin's next teacher was Wilhelm Waclaw Wurfel, also of Czech origin.

Aristotle remained in the Academy until 37 years of age.

The dying Chopin asked that after his death his heart be taken from his body and sent to Warsaw.

Kosciuszko's orderly was an African-American from western Massachusetts, Agrippa Hull.

Tsar Peter I was nicknamed “the Great” not only because of his merits but also because of his impressive height - 203 centimeters.

He has known his wife since middle school, but their closer relationship began during college.

A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.

Toward the end of his life, Tesla worked obsessively on the concept of free energy.

Tadeusz, who was given the name Andrzej Tadeusz Bonaventura Kosciuszko at his baptism, was the fourth child of Ludwik Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Tekla Ratomska Kosciuszko, coat of arms Roch III.

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