Biography

Among Shakespeare’s masterpieces, the most acclaimed nowadays is “Romeo and Juliet,” a tragic love story of two young people who are separated by their feuding families’ past, and “Hamlet,” the story of a Danish prince entangled in love, betrayal, and revenge, who learns of a family secret.

Jane's father, George Austin, was an educated minister of the Anglican Church.

In 1836 Frederic Chopin got engaged to Maria Wodzińska, but the wedding never happened.

Oppenheimer collected European furniture and French Post-Impressionist and Fauvist artworks.

Constantine the Great is a saint of the Orthodox Church.

Direct current power plants came to a definitive end with Tesla's invention - the water turbine, which produces alternating current based on the energy of water flow in rivers.

A cat named Big Boy Peterson accompanied Hemingway in his last moments at the Idaho estate.

Crowds of enthusiasts gathered outside her house.

After the master's death, a letter to the Immortal Beloved was found in a hidden drawer of the desk (found together with, among others, the Heiligenstadt Testament).

In Poland, there is a giant oak tree in the village of Toporów, which was named the Peter I Oak in honor of Peter the Great.