Biography

Thursday, 12 February 2026

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Ernest Hemingway
While in the hospital, he shared his room with Henry Serrano Villard, a writer who later became an ambassador.
Also, while in the hospital, he fell in love with a nurse seven years older than him, Agnes von Kuro ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla died on January 7, 1943, at 87.
A coronary artery clot was given as the cause of death. He died in suite No. 3327 at the New Yorker ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Shortly after his public debut, he published three piano trios, which he gave the opus number 1.
These works were dedicated to his patron, Prince Lichnowski, and were a financial success. Beethoven ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.
The transaction amounted to $15 million. Napoleon realized that it would be difficult to keep such a ...
Peter the Great
The official purpose of this trip was to obtain confirmation that Turkey's European adversaries were ready to continue the war against the "enemy of the Lord's cross."
However, diplomatic considerations were not the only ones that came into play. Peter was curious abo ...
Rasputin
As a "saintly man," he returned to his native village, where a crowd of female admirers awaited him.
Accompanied by them, he made several pilgrimages to Verkhoturia, to the grave of one of the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church, Simeon Verkhotursky.
Charles III
He has five grandchildren.
On the side of son William are: George (born July 22, 2013), Caroline (born May 2, 2015) and Louis ( ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Even before the end of the campaign, Napoleon returned to France, where he prepared for a coup d'état.
It took place on November 10, 1799. Napoleon (as well as Ducos and Sieyes) were appointed provisional consuls.
Ernest Hemingway
His mother worked a lot, giving music and singing lessons, composing, and directing the children’s church choir and the orchestra at the Congregational Church. She also sang at concerts and was a soloist in the church choir.
Because of her tight schedule, Grace’s father and housemaids handled raising the children and all th ...
Jane Austen
"Northanger Abbey" is a parody of the so-called Gothic novel, a literary genre extremely popular in Britain at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The novel's main character - young and naive Catherine- must learn to distinguish between reality an ...