Biography

Throughout her life, Ada Lovelace was interested in the development of science.

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

A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.

His education was handled by two thinkers and philosophers, Marsilio Ficino, the Athenian school founder in Florence and one of the most famous figures of the early Renaissance, and Count Giovanni della Mirandola.

The master's complete deafness prevented him from contact with the surroundings.

After the revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy, the new government ordered that the coffin containing the body be brought out and burned.

Although he refused to learn to play the cello, years later, he admitted that music lessons contributed to his writing style, as evidenced by the contrapuntal structure of the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.

Also of great distinction was Kosciuszko's admission (as one of three foreigners) by fellow combatants to the Society of the Cincinnati, founded by the most distinguished officers.

In 1887, he developed an AC-powered induction motor.