Biography

Sunday, 6 September 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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Frederic Chopin
When the lyceum where Frederic's father worked was moved from the Saski Palace to the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Chopins settled in the outbuilding of the palace, the so-called post-rector's building.
Their neighbours were then: Juliusz Krzysztof Kolberg with his sons, Samuel Bogumił Linde and Kazimierz Brodziński.
Kate Middleton
She spent her early childhood abroad.
When she was two years old, her father got a job as an airport manager in Amman. The whole family moved to the Jordanian capital and lived there for the next two years.
Gaius Julius Caesar
He first became consul in 59 BC.
The position of consul was one of the two highest posts in the republic. The term of office lasted o ...
Frederic Chopin
Since 1927 the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition has been held in Warsaw.
It is the oldest monographic music competition in the world. Its author was Jerzy Żurawlew, a Polish ...
Robert Oppenheimer
He bought some land in the Virgin Islands.
He built a spartan house on the beach, where he came several times a year. He sailed a lot with his wife and daughter Toni.
Christopher Columbus
He traveled to the American mainland and reached the coast south of the mouth of the Orinoco.
Continuing along the coast in a westerly direction, the expedition discovered Trinidad. He then retu ...
Peter the Great
During his stay in the Netherlands, Peter was employed in a shipyard belonging to the East India Company as a simple laborer, demanding to call him Peter Timmerman van Zaandam (Peter, the carpenter of Zaandam).
He settled in the enclosed area of the shipyard. Every day he went to work together with the craftsm ...
Frederic Chopin
After completing his studies in 1829, Frederic went to Vienna with his friends. This journey proved to be a phenomenal success.
Chopin aroused the enthusiasm of the public there, and after the publication of his Variations Op. 2 ...
Peter the Great
He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.
He reformed the existing Cyrillic alphabet, creating a new script. He established the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Peter the Great
Peter spent the last years of his life expanding Russian territories in the east.
He conquered Kamchatka and fought a war with Persia, consolidating Russia's position in the Caspian Sea region.