Biography

Monday, 9 November 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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Anna Pavlova
Anna popularized various ethnic dances.
The “Mexican hat dance”, known in Mexico as Jarabe Tapatio, was popularized outside Mexico when Pavl ...
Roland Garros
On the eve of World War I, Garros was in the German Reich. It was there that he learned of the impending conflict.
He arrived in Germany at the invitation of Helmut Hirth, an aeronautical engineer, who gave Garros a ...
Peter the Great
After the end of the Third Northern War with the Peace of Nystad, Russia gained wide access to the Baltic Sea, and the opportunity to develop its fleet, and unlimited international trade.
Russia gained its "window on the world" that Peter I had so sought.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid on May 20, 1506, and was buried there.
After three years, the body was transferred to Seville. It was Columbus' wish to be buried in Americ ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin's first public concert took place at the Radziwiłł Palace (now the Presidential Palace) in 1818.
It was a charity concert organised by Zamoyska.
William Shakespeare
Among Shakespeare’s masterpieces, the most acclaimed nowadays is “Romeo and Juliet,” a tragic love story of two young people who are separated by their feuding families’ past, and “Hamlet,” the story of a Danish prince entangled in love, betrayal, and revenge, who learns of a family secret.
Shakespeare’s other works include: historical dramas dealing with events in English history - “King ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's income during this period came from the publication of his works, from their performances, and from patrons for whom he performed private concerts and exclusive copies of the works they commissioned before their publication.
Some of his patrons, including Prince Lobkowitz and Prince Lichnovsky, gave him annual stipends in a ...
Anna Pavlova
While on a tour in China, she performed 37 turns atop a moving elephant.
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.
Gaius Julius Caesar
The famous "Veni, vidi, vici" report was sent by Caesar to his friend Amintius after the victorious battle of Zela fought against Pharnakes II, king of Pontus.
This battle took place after the end of the Alexandrian War and Caesar's departure from Egypt. However, it was not Caesar's last military success before returning to Rome.