Biography

Sunday, 19 October 2025

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Antonio Vivaldi
His father most likely taught Antonio to play the violin.
He made his first public appearance in 1696, playing with his father in the basilica as a violinist. ...
Frederic Chopin
During his studies at the Warsaw Lyceum, Frederic often left Warsaw and visited a large part of Poland.
He visited Szafarnia, from where he sent his famous letters to his parents, "Kuriery Szafarskie" ("C ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
According to the will, the heart extracted from Kosciuszko's body was placed in an urn and given to Emilia Zeltner, the daughter of Franz.
In 1819, Emilia took the urn containing Kosciuszko's heart to Vezia near Lugano and in 1829 to Vares ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Unfortunately, these aspirations caused unrest among Russia and Prussia, as well as the Polish magnates, with ties to foreign powers.
Magnate conspirators (Szczęsny Potocki, Seweryn Rzewuski, Franciszek Ksawery Branicki) formed the Ta ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s marital relations began to deteriorate when he met Pauline Pfeiffer and got into an affair with her, and his wife found out.
Hadley asked for a separation and later filed for divorce. The couple divorced in January 1927, and ...
Charles Darwin
During his studies at Cambridge, his attitude toward education changed.
He focused on the natural sciences, was enthralled by the language and logic of the English theologi ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In the political life of Poland at the time, a group of activists pushing the need for reform played an increasingly important role.
Great political writers, such as Stanislaw Staszic and Hugo Kollataj, called for strengthening the c ...
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 ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon divorced Josephine (she did not give him an heir) and married Marie Louise - daughter of the defeated Austrian Emperor Francis II.
Maria Louisa bore him a son - Napoleon II. He was the emperor's only legitimate son.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen's first novel - "Sense and Sensibility" was published in 1811 in three volumes as a work, "By a Lady."
The first version of the novel, previously titled "Elinor and Marianne," was written in 1795 as a co ...