Biography

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

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Michelangelo
His parents were Francesca di Neri di Miniato del Sera and Lodovico Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni.
His mother died when Michelangelo was six years old. She left five sons as orphans. The father remar ...
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.
Constantine the Great
Emperor Constantine established an annual holiday - Easter.
The Council of Nicaea established a single date for the entire Roman Empire to celebrate the feast of Christ's resurrection, the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare invented many words and phraseological compounds that entered everyday usage.
The list of words he introduced into the English language counts about 600 items. For example, Shake ...
Homer
The Odyssey is the story of the adventures of King Odysseus.
It begins after the end of the Trojan War. The epic describes the fate of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, ...
Amadeus Mozart
Since both Amadeus and Nannerl showed musical ability, the father gave up his career and devoted himself to the children's musical education.
Amadeus learned to play the harpsichord from the age of five (even as a three-year-old, he listened ...
Aristotle
Aristotle's line of thought greatly impacted Islamic viewpoints.
During the Islamic Golden Age in the middle ages, much of Aristotle’s work was translated into Arabi ...
Aristotle
Aristotle is considered the father of zoology.
After spending time at the court of Hermias of Atarneus, Aristotle left for the island of Lesbos to ...
Charles III
After years, Charles' dream of marrying Camilla finally came true. Although Charles and Camilla have been dating since the mid-1980s, they officially began appearing together at the turn of the millennium.
The first time they appeared together with the monarchy was in Scotland in 2000. Five years later, t ...
Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus practically never left Vienna anymore. His father died, and he began to sink into depression.
In such a depressed state, he threw himself into composing. Two of his best-known operas were writte ...