Biography

Tuesday, 31 March 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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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s works were published seven years after the poet’s death in 1623 under the title “Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.” The contemporary title of the first collection is “First Folio.”
The collection was published in the folio format of 900 pages. It contains thirty-six works by Shake ...
Robert Oppenheimer
During World War II, he became the scientific director of the Manhattan Project.
The secret research project involved the development of the first atomic bomb. Its goal was to harne ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Like many other activists, Kosciuszko decided to leave the country and go into exile in Saxony, as an emigration center of opponents of the Targowica Confederation was being formed in Leipzig and Dresden.
He only stayed in Leipzig for two weeks, then went to Paris to try to obtain French assistance there for the uprising planned in the Republic.
Abraham Lincoln
He died as a result of a gunshot wound during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater.
The assassin, actor Wilkes Booth, shot Lincoln from a close range after breaking into the presidenti ...
Christopher Columbus
When the Santa Maria was wrecked and Columbus lost contact with the Pinta in a storm, he decided to use the only surviving ship, the Niña, to bring news of the discovery of a route to America to the royal court.
He left part of the crew, 43 volunteers, at the fortress of Navidad on Hispaniola and set sail for S ...
Charles Darwin
Not all of his children reached adulthood.
Of the children who survived, George, Francis, and Horace became prominent scientists (an astronomer, botanist, and civil engineer). Son Leonard became a soldier, politician, and economist.
Michelangelo
His real name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
He was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Tuscany, in the province of Arezzo.
Hypatia
Crowds of enthusiasts gathered outside her house.
She also gave public lectures on mathematics and astronomy in her house and in the lecture halls of ...
Amadeus Mozart
Mozart received a commission from Munich to write a grand opera for the start of the opera season in that city in December 1780.
He wrote "Idomeneo, King of Crete" and traveled to Munich to supervise rehearsals and conduct the pr ...
Abraham Lincoln
He loved telling stories and anecdotes, especially in situations where he could not openly express his opinion.
During the escape of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, when asked by General Sherman whether he ...