Biography

Ada Lovelace befriended her tutor Mary Somerville.Mary Somerville was a Scottish physicist, writer and scholar. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel (a British astronomer) were elected as the first honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Beethoven's return from Heiligenstadt to Vienna was marked by a change in musical style and is now often referred to as the beginning of his middle (heroic) period.

In 1808, he published a book, "Manoeuvres of horse artillery."

Even before the end of the campaign, Napoleon returned to France, where he prepared for a coup d'état.

Lodovico felt that he was special because of his count connections.

Constantine I the Great was born around 272 in Naissus, part of the province of Dardania in Mesa, a Roman province in the central Balkans (now Niš, a city in Serbia).

Oppenheimer was a compulsive smoker. In late 1965, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.

The authorship and circumstances of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been debated for centuries. The lack of reliable information about Homer's life has led some scholars to hypothesise that Homer never existed.

Among the reforms to improve the functioning of the state were some very innovative ventures.

The artist worked on increasing his creativity.