Biography

Thursday, 1 October 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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Napoleon Bonaparte
Thanks to the Corsican governor's patronage, he was admitted to a military school in Brienne-le-Chateau.
He was one of fifty royal scholarship recipients. At school, he had a reputation as a loner who pref ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo created many monumental works in Rome.
He led the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and did so until the end of his life. Unfortunately, ...
Amadeus Mozart
In Munich, Amadeus met the sixteen-year-old soprano Aloysia Weber and fell in love with her.
They wanted to travel together, but this was strongly opposed by Mozart's father. So Amadeus embarke ...
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 ...
Peter the Great
Eventually, both brothers became tsars, with their sister Sophia as regent.
The brothers co-ruled until Ivan V died in 1696.
Constantine the Great
The emperor's body was placed in a golden coffin decorated with imperial purple, transported to Constantinople, and placed in the imperial palace.
Control of the funeral ceremonies was taken over by Constantine's son, Constantius, who arrived from ...
Sting
From an early age, he was a music enthusiast, with a particular fondness for the Beatles and jazz musicians, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.
Nikola Tesla
Tesla then went to Paris, where he worked at the Continental Edison Company. This company manufactured generators, motors, and lighting based on the patents of Thomas A. Edison.
There he quickly gained a reputation as a man who could solve any problem. However, when he was not ...
Peter the Great
Shortly after Ivan V's death, already an independent tsar of Russia, he won his first victory, defeating the Turks and capturing the fortress of Azov.
This made him realize the need for a strong navy.
Nikola Tesla
To survive, he had to take on various jobs for a year (from spring 1886 to spring 1887).
While digging ditches, he made contact with the owners of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who helped him establish the Tesla Electric Light Company.