Biography

Friday, 6 February 2026

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Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi also known as "The Red Priest" - Il Prete Rosso - was born in 1678 in Venice.
He was born into a rather poor family. His father, Giambattista Vivaldi, a musician by passion, init ...
Ada Lovelace
In September 2022, Nvidia Corporation announced the Ada Lovelace graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture, the successor to the Ampere architecture.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway patrolled the waters along Cuba’s coast and the Gulf of Mexico between 1942 and 1944.
It was prompted by a statement issued by the U.S. government, calling on all ship and boat owners to volunteer to patrol North American coastal waters in search of German submarines.
Frederic Chopin
Chopin's first public concert took place at the Radziwiłł Palace (now the Presidential Palace) in 1818.
It was a charity concert organised by Zamoyska.
Amadeus Mozart
Both of Mozart's sons never married and left no offspring.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's direct lineage died out in the mid-19th century.
Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton is an avid photographer.
It is likely that if it were not for her role as Duchess of Cambridge and eventually Princess of Wal ...
Marilyn Monroe
Monroe’s autobiography, “My story,” was written at the peak of her career, but published 10 years after her death.
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
Kosciuszko then appeared in the Krakow Market Square, where he took the oath after the reading of the act of uprising.
The act of the uprising gave Kosciuszko the title of Supreme Chief of the National Armed Forces and placed total authority in his hands.
Christopher Columbus
This time the king responded decisively, sending Francisco Fernandez de Bobadilla west, equipped with far-reaching powers.
Upon arriving in Haiti, Bobadilla had Columbus and his son Diego arrested and sent back to Spain in ...