Biography

Friday, 5 June 2026

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Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ode to Joy" is a poem by Friedrich Schiller written in November 1785 - the final author's version comes from 1803.
Already in a sketchbook from 1789, Beethoven wrote down a phrase from the first part of the chorus, ...
Michelangelo
At his father's request, Michelangelo returned to Florence, where he undertook the statue of David.
The statue stood in front of the palace of the Signoria of Florence. During this time, he also creat ...
Robert Oppenheimer
He took a course in thermodynamics taught by Professor Percy Bridgman.
He then became interested in experimental physics. Since there were no world-class experimental phys ...
Salvador Dali
Dali was fascinated by Hitler.
He claimed that he often dreams of him, like other men dream of women.
Salvador Dali
Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo.
During his career he created many advertisements and logos.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven began learning music at the age of five, and because the study regime was strict and intense, it often reduced him to tears.
Pfeiffer, who often suffered from insomnia, organized late lessons by dragging his sleeping toddler out of bed.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo left Florence for Rome in 1496.
He had previously been commissioned by his cousin Lorenzo the Magnificent to produce a sculpture of ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace died of uterine cancer in 1852 at the age of 36. Her father, Lord Byron, died at the same age.
The disease had been present for several months, and its progression was probably accelerated by blo ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is now one of the main targets of the Russian invaders.
British and U.S. intelligence established that even before the war, Putin had located a special forc ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
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).
Unfortunately, it was not possible to determine who the mysterious addressee of the letter was, nor ...