Biography

In 1879, Nikola Tesla suffered a nervous breakdown.

To combat inflation, he introduced a new gold coin, the solidus, which became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.

In 1995, a television adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" - a miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, was awarded an Emmy statuette.

In 1769, he traveled to Paris as a Royal Scholar.

Ada Lovelace lived from 1815 to 1852.

Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.

The couple welcomed three children into the world.

There were many fratricidal clashes during the power struggle with Pompey.

The outbreak of the French Revolution did not immediately cause Napoleon to join it.

At the age of four, he lost his father and was placed under the care of boyar Rodion Streshnev.