1815
December 10
Born Ada Augusta Byron, the only legitimate child of the poet George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) and his wife Anne Isabella "Annabella" Milbanke (Baroness Wentworth).
Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace
was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.
A Timeline of Ada Lovelace's Life
1816
January 16
Ada's parents separate. Her mother takes her from England to escape Lord Byron's volatile temperament.
1824
April 19
Lord Byron dies at age 36 in Missolonghi, Greece, while fighting in the Greek War of Independence.
1828
Age 12
Young Ada designs a steam-powered flying machine, demonstrating her early fascination with mechanical engineering and mathematics.
1829
October
Ada contracts measles and is bedridden for nearly three years, yet continues her mathematical studies.
1833
June 5
Ada meets Charles Babbage at a party. He demonstrates his Difference Engine, sparking her lifelong fascination with computing machines.
1835
July 8
Ada marries William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace. They would have three children together.
1838
June 30
When William King is made Earl of Lovelace, Ada becomes the Countess of Lovelace.
1843
August
Ada publishes her translation of Luigi Menabrea's article on the Analytical Engine, adding her own extensive "Notes" including what is considered the first computer algorithm—Note G.
1852
November 27
Ada Lovelace dies at age 36 from uterine cancer. At her request, she was buried next to her father at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham.
— Ada Lovelace, Notes on the Analytical Engine, 1843
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