Biography

Sunday, 12 October 2025
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
Some researchers believe Shakespeare was not fond of his wife.
He lived and worked in London, while Anne stayed in Stratford. Many researchers also believe that she was the prototype of the antagonist of a play called “Taming of the Shrew.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.
The transaction amounted to $15 million. Napoleon realized that it would be difficult to keep such a ...
Peter the Great
He built from scratch the new city of St. Petersburg, to which he moved the country's capital.
In 1721, the Senate proclaimed Tsar Peter the Great as Emperor of All-Russia.
Alfred Nobel
The Nobel family came from Östra Nöbbelöv, a village in Skåne, hence the family name.
The first member of the family was Petrus Olai Nobelius, who married Wendela Rudbeck, daughter of th ...
Aristotle
Some of Aristotle’s theories were absurd.
For instance, he proposed that the gender of a goat is determined by the direction in which the wind blows.
Kate Middleton
The length of their informal relationship earned Kate an unflattering nickname.
The press began ironically calling her Waity Katie after the couple’s subsequent reunion, still not ...
William Shakespeare
In 1995, UNESCO designated the day of Shakespeare’s birth and death - April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day.
Salvador Dali
Dali was the third Salvador in the family.
This was also name of his father and older brother, who died nine months before the birth of the pai ...
Peter the Great
After his father's death, Peter's half-brother, Fyodor III Romanov, took the throne.
Fyodor's death, after six years of rule, led to conflict between Peter and his other half-brother Ivan, who was mentally limited.
Amadeus Mozart
Both of Mozart's sons never married and left no offspring.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's direct lineage died out in the mid-19th century.