Tchaikovsky

Wrote and Created the Nutcracker. He also wrote the ballets for Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. In 1891 he conducted the inaugural symphony for New York Carnegie Hall. He died in 1893 He was a Russian.

Virgil

Virgil was a Roman who wrote the Aeneid, a story based off of Homers Odyssey and Iliad. The Aeneid is about Aeneas, who is one of the Trojans who survived the ransacking of Troy and was a famous Trojan leader and how after much traveling and danger found the land of Italy, settled there, and was an ancestor of Romulus and Remus.

Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Durer was born May 21, 1471 out of eighteen children. He was amazing at making book prints as show in Apocalypse which shows the Four Horsemen and is a highly detailed full page print. He tried to make prints that would allow monks and teachers to explain Christianity to others. He also created a beautiful centerpiece in which he only did the main panel on it but had others copy his guiding sketches out exactly.

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth  I is one of my favorite historical rulers because she did what others thought could not be done. The ruled Alone! Many people back then thought that women were weak and sensitive, but Queen Elizabeth I proved that she could rule a country without the help of a king or other men. During her time the country flourished and had William Shakespeare who wrote some of the worlds greatest plays.

Well? Is Magic Real.(A Short Story)

At the end of the day I accepted the Truth. It was hard but how else to explain that Magic was real? My cat had remarked how she had no idea why we made silly faces at her when she laid on her back. I wanted to answer but thought I was going crazy. I enjoy reading about magic and pretending to do it but facing the real thing? Terrifying. Later, I went up to my cat and asked, "Do you talk?", she stared at me as if something odd had just happened and opened her little mouth and said, "Meow Meow". I thought I heard her talk but did I?

Bruegel

was an Italian painter. He painted pictures of people at work and play. His mother - in - law was also an artist and probably taught his children to draw after his death. there are less than 45 Authentic Brugel Paintings.

Dante

Was an Italian poet who wrote a book called the Divine Comedy. Later on this book was split into three books: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Inferno was about him being lead through the seven Rings of Hell by the Roman poet Virgil. Purgatorio was about him being lead by Virgil again up the Mountain of Purgatory to Heaven. Paradiso is about Heaven. Dante wrote books on the world and its people because the categories in his books can almost always classify us.