His ideas in 'The Prince' were considered to be very evil, and "Old Nick" is a nickname for the Devil. If his first name was Niccolo, it would have seemed very convenient as a nickname.
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There were many generals of the Union to whom it was given a nickname. Hereunder some examples: Grant was nick named "Unconditional Surrender" Hooker was nicknamed "Fighting Joe" Rosencrans was nicknamed "Old Rose"
Which company nick named as big blue
Niccolò Machiavelli died on June 21, 1527 at the age of 58.
Niccolò Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 and died on June 21, 1527. Niccolò Machiavelli would have been 58 years old at the time of death or 546 years old today.
The Plutonium bomb was nicknamed Fat Man.
SpongeBob runs on Nickelodeon Network, nicknamed "Nick"
The 8th US President, Martin Van Buren, was nicknamed Old Kinderhook. He was born in Kinderhook NY.
It's "Teachers" (1984 with Nick Nolte)
Andrew Jackson.
The nickname came from his last name- "Buck- anan. " "Old " is common term of affection , dependability or at least resigned acceptance. We have "old faithful" , "old smoky", "old man river", "old sparky", "old nick", "old hickory" and "old rough and ready". "old yeller", etc..
The Jonas Brothers have a younger brother, Frankie. He is probably 8 years old now... They have nicknamed him "Bonus Jonas" or "Frank the Tank."