Biography

Monday, 2 November 2026
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
The first female programmer
Ada Lovelace was a British poet and mathematician who lived in the first half of the 19th century. She was the daughter of one of Britain's greatest d ...

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Kate Middleton
Initially, William and Kate were not romantically involved.
They formed a pack of friends with other students, renting a place together. In the early years, Kate dated other men and did not form a relationship with the heir to the throne until 2003.
Hypatia
Her religious and political neutrality secured her the respect of both the imperial governor of Egypt, Orestes, and the bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus.
The situation changed in 412 when Theophilus' nephew, Cyril of Alexandria, ascended the episcopal th ...
Ernest Hemingway
In 1948, he traveled to Europe with his wife, stopping in Venice for several months.
He traveled across the Atlantic on the Polish passenger ship “Jagiello.” During this trip, the write ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
It is quite common to attribute the introduction of right-hand traffic to Napoleon.
Right-hand traffic was first introduced by Denmark in 1758. At first only in Copenhagen, and from 17 ...
Charles III
He became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth realms on September 8, 2022.
On that day, Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her first-born son was with her in he ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
The United States Military Academy at West Point has a statue of Kosciuszko and a commemorative plaque.
The academy is located in a former U.S. Army fort in West Point, New York, on the Hudson River. It i ...
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel lived between 1833 and 1896.
He was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. His most famous achie ...
Christopher Columbus
Columbus Day is celebrated in many countries in the Americas, and in Spain.
It commemorates the discovery of America on October 12, 1492. The unofficial celebration of this hol ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s works have inspired filmmakers. Some 420 full-length films were based on his works.
The 1990 “Hamlet” by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close, was nominated for an Os ...
Frederic Chopin
He was famous, leading the life of a virtuoso, composing works that quickly became fashionable in the salons. He moved quickly from a small apartment at Boulevard Poissonniere to the fashionable district of Paris, and his friends called his apartment Olympus, because of the heavenly music that came from there.
He gave piano lessons to many great people: Baroness Rothschild, Princess Noailles, Caroline Hartmann and Adolf Gutmann.