Agnesi, Maria Gaetana

1718 - Agnesi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16, 1718.

1727 - Maria composed and delivered an hour-long speech in Latin in an academic gathering.

1731 - Acquired Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, German, Latin and few more languages and referred to as the "Walking Polyglot".

1738 - Published a collection of complex essays on natural science and philosophy entitled Propositiones Philosophicae.

1748 - A work of great merit entitled Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu italiana was published in Milan and was regarded as the best introduction extant to the works of Euler.

1752 - Agnesi dedicated her life to study many religious books and helping ill, poor women and never wanting to talk of mathematics again.

1799 - Died in a poor house and buried in a mass grave on January 9, 1799.