Biography

Tuesday, 17 February 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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Gaius Julius Caesar
Pompey himself, after his defeat at Pharsalos in 48 BC, fled to Egypt.
Seeking rescue on the other side of the Mediterranean, however, he fell into the worst possible posi ...
Ernest Hemingway
While in the hospital, he shared his room with Henry Serrano Villard, a writer who later became an ambassador.
Also, while in the hospital, he fell in love with a nurse seven years older than him, Agnes von Kuro ...
Nikola Tesla
Direct current power plants came to a definitive end with Tesla's invention - the water turbine, which produces alternating current based on the energy of water flow in rivers.
In 1887, Tesla and two partners founded the Tesla Electric Company. He worked in his laboratory to improve and develop new types of electric motors, generators, and other devices.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s works were published seven years after the poet’s death in 1623 under the title “Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.” The contemporary title of the first collection is “First Folio.”
The collection was published in the folio format of 900 pages. It contains thirty-six works by Shake ...
Aristotle
Aristotle is considered the father of zoology.
After spending time at the court of Hermias of Atarneus, Aristotle left for the island of Lesbos to ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was appointed Flamen Dialis, high priest of Jupiter.
He obtained this position in late 87 or early 86 BC.
Anna Pavlova
Anna died on January 23rd, 1931 in Hague, Netherlands, at the age of 49.
She died of pleurisy, which was a result of a 12-hour train delay she was forced to wait out in the ...
Constantine the Great
Emperor Constantine established an annual holiday - Easter.
The Council of Nicaea established a single date for the entire Roman Empire to celebrate the feast of Christ's resurrection, the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.
Salvador Dali
Was he inspired by Einstein?
Critics and scholars wondered if Dali's famous Melting Watch was inspired on Einsteins theory of relativity.
Ludwig van Beethoven
At the peak of his virtuoso fame, in the period 1796-1798, Beethoven experienced the first symptoms of deafness.
Initially, he treated it as a short-term indisposition of the body, but over time, he realized that ...