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Birth of Ada Lovelace
Agusta Ada Byron was born on October 10, 1815. She was the only daughter of Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Byron. -
Death of Lord Byron
Ada's father, the romantic poet Lord Byron, died of illness while fighting in the Greek Wars of Independence. -
Childhood Illnesses
Ada battles with illnesses during her childhood, and is bedridden for almost a year. -
Meeting Charles Babbage
At age 18, Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage at a dinner party. The two worked together for many years, and accomplished many things in the field of technology. -
Marriage
Ada Lovelace married William King, an english aristocrat 10 years her senior. -
Birth of Ada's First Child
Ada bears a son named Byron King-Noel. -
Birth of Ada's Second Child
Ada bears a second child, Anne Isabella. -
Birth of Ada's third child
Ada bears her third child, Ralph Gordon. -
The Menabrea Paper
Luigi Menabrea publishes his paper on Babbage's lecture on the Analytical Engine. Lovelace translates and expands the article, adding notes about the engine that are triple the length of the original paper. -
The First Computer Program
In 1843, Ada completed her notes on the Menabrea paper, and in doing so created the first computer program. This program described the algorithim for the Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers, and as such she is seen as the first computer programmer. -
Gambling Problem
Ada Lovelace had a serious gambling problem, and attemped to create a model for placing bets. However, it did not work and she went into debt over it. -
Ada's Death
Ada dies at the age of 36 of uterine cancer. She is laid to rest next to her father, at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham.
