Biography

Tuesday, 21 April 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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Rasputin
There are also hypotheses that Rasputin's assassination was inspired by British intelligence, which feared a separatist truce between Russia and Germany, which Rasputin urged on the Tsar.
Doubts were sown by the inconsistent testimony of the assassins and the lack of traces of poison in ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1875, having previously obtained a scholarship (thanks to a high school teacher), he enrolled at the Graz University of Technology.
In his first year, he never missed lectures, earned top grades, and passed nine exams (twice as many ...
Anna Pavlova
After her performance in Giselle, she became a prima ballerina in 1906.
It was an extremely difficult performance, especially demanding for a dancer with only seven years of experience.
Christopher Columbus
The crew, exhausted by the hardships of the expedition, the high-handed and ruthless behavior of the captain, and disappointed by the absence of the promised riches, began to rebel.
Some broke away from the expedition and searched for treasure on their own, while others returned to ...
John Sutter
In 1834, he left his wife and five kids and fled from Europe.
Sutter boarded ship Sully in Le Havre, France and arrived in New York on July 14, 1834.
Nikola Tesla
Tesla was a capable, bright student able to perform integral calculus by memory.
Of course, this aroused the disbelief of his teachers, who thought he was cheating. Finally, however, he finished his education scheduled for four years in three.
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer was a man of many talents and above average intelligence. He showed abilities in both the sciences and the arts.
He was also interested in English and French literature, as well as mineralogy. From the time when h ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenski was born on January 25, 1978 in the central Ukrainian town of Kryvyi Rih.
Kryvyi Rih was founded in the 17th century by Zaporozhian Cossacks. Its rapid development began in 1 ...
Abraham Lincoln
Among Lincoln’s favorite readings were the Bible, Aesop’s Fables, “The Pilgrim’s Wanderings” by John Buyan, and “The Cases of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia - an irrational, terrifying fear of cats.
He was not the only one among the famous historical figures to suffer from this type of phobia. In a ...