Biography

Monday, 27 April 2026

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Sting
A year later, he released a live album, "Bring on the Night," which featured songs from his debut album and earlier periods of his career. The album was filmed on VHS, later also on DVD and Blu-ray.
During this time, Sting became a true multi-instrumentalist - he played bass, keyboards, and saxophone.
Rasputin
At nineteen, he married Praskovia Fedorovna Dubrovna, with whom he had four children.
A spiritual transformation began to take place in Rasputin. It is not known what caused it, whether ...
Anna Pavlova
Anna was advised to undergo surgery due to her illness but refused since it would have meant she would not be able to perform any longer.
She decided she would rather die than end her career in such a manner.
Frederic Chopin
The period of his first compositional successes coincided with the period of his first love affair with Konstancja Gładkowska, the singer he called the ideal.
Homer
In antiquity he was also regarded as the author of other epic poems.
According to Greek tradition, he was the author of the so-called Homeric hymns (poems ranging from a ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada was often sick during her childhood.
At the age of eight, she suffered from severe headaches that rendered her unable to see. In June 182 ...
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin died after a long illness on April 19, 1882, at the age of 73.
In recognition of his great contributions to science, Queen Victoria expressed the wish that the gre ...
Salvador Dali
Dali and his beloved wife Helena Diakonova, better known as Gala, loved to organize lavish parties.
They were extremely extravagant and required a lot of creativity and courage from the invited guests ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko's stay in Paris lasted five years.
Pre-revolutionary France at the time made a huge impression on him, translating into his political and social beliefs.
Christopher Columbus
After sailing for more than two months, one of the sailors spotted land. The ships probably reached Watling Island (San Salvador), Bahamas.
The sailors noticed gold jewellery among the natives. When asked about the origin of the jewellery, ...