Biography

Monday, 17 November 2025
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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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
As an actor, he has appeared in Russian-language romantic comedies: the 3-part (2009, 2010, 2014) film "Love in the Big City," and the films "8 First Dates" (2012), "Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon" (2012) and "8 New Dates" (2015).
 In 2014 and 2017, he lent his voice to the title character in the films "Paddington" and "Paddington 2."
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
He also met with Napoleon, whom he was skeptical about, not trusting him.
He was opposed to the idea of tying the Polish cause to him. Napoleon called Kosciuszko a "hero of the north."
Anna Pavlova
In 1911, Pavlova formed her own ballet company.
Her choreographies were shaped by Marius Petipa’s style, but she also choreographed her own pieces. She toured Europe, South America, North America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Gaius Julius Caesar
The battle on the Circus Maximus grounds pitted 2 captive armies against each other to fight to the death.
Each army consisted of 2000 men, 2 horsemen, and 20 war elephants. Some people considered such behav ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Ninth Symphony was something revolutionary, something that had never happened before in the history of music, the history of symphony.
The author introduced vocal parts into the last, fourth part - a quite large choir and four soloists ...
Peter the Great
The reforms introduced by Peter the Great over the years affected the military, administration, economy, as well as education, culture, and the Orthodox Church.
He established a table of ranks. The first to be introduced were changes in customs (boyars had to s ...
Frederic Chopin
In 1818, the first review of Chopin's works was published in print.
Salvador Dali
The artist worked on increasing his creativity.
One day he figured out how to remember his dreams. He fell asleep with spoon in his hand over a tin ...
Roland Garros
In 1988, a 10-franc coin with a portrait of Roland Garros was released in France.
It was a gesture to commemorate the 100th birthday of the aviator.
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.