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| | ==Achievements, listed by age at which they were made== | | ==Achievements, listed by age at which they were made== |
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| − | * '''7''' - Yehudi Menuhin gives his first solo violin performance with the San Francisco Symphony in 1923 | + | * '''7''' - Yehudi Menuhin gives his first solo violin performance with the San Francisco Symphony in 1923. |
| − | * '''8''' - [[Pablo Picasso]] paints his "Picador" | + | * '''8''' - [[Pablo Picasso]] paints his "Picador". |
| | * '''8''' - [[Frederic Chopin]] plays his first public piano performance, having already authored two polonaises (G minor and B flat major) at age 7. | | * '''8''' - [[Frederic Chopin]] plays his first public piano performance, having already authored two polonaises (G minor and B flat major) at age 7. |
| | * '''12''' - [[Blaise Pascal]] had secretly worked out the first twenty-three propositions of Euclid by himself. | | * '''12''' - [[Blaise Pascal]] had secretly worked out the first twenty-three propositions of Euclid by himself. |
| | + | * '''12''' - [[Jesus]] presents His wisdom in the temple in [[Jerusalem]]. |
| | * '''13''' - [[John]] wrote the first draft of the [[Gospel of John]], the greatest written work of all time.<ref>[[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]</ref> | | * '''13''' - [[John]] wrote the first draft of the [[Gospel of John]], the greatest written work of all time.<ref>[[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]</ref> |
| − | * '''13''' - [[Joan of Arc]] inspired and led [[France]] to victory in the [[Hundred Years War]] | + | * '''13''' - [[Joan of Arc]] inspired and led [[France]] to victory in the [[Hundred Years War]]. |
| − | * '''13''' - [[Anne Frank]] began writing her diary, later published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" | + | * '''13''' - [[Anne Frank]] began writing her diary, later published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl." |
| − | * '''14''' - [[David]] slays [[Goliath]] | + | * '''14''' - [[David]] slays [[Goliath]]. |
| − | * '''14''' - [[Bobby Fischer]] became an International [[Chess]] Grandmaster | + | * '''14''' - [[Bobby Fischer]] became an International [[Chess]] Grandmaster. |
| − | * '''14''' - [[Mozart]] wrote the opera, "Mitridate Rè di Ponto" | + | * '''14''' - [[Mozart]] wrote the opera, "Mitridate Rè di Ponto." |
| − | * '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system | + | * '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system. |
| | * '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19. | | * '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19. |
| | * '''16''' - Jean-François Champollion, can speak a dozen languages and delivers a paper on the Coptic language to the Grenoble Academy. By 20, he can speak another 13 languages and at 32 he deciphers the [[Rosetta Stone]]. | | * '''16''' - Jean-François Champollion, can speak a dozen languages and delivers a paper on the Coptic language to the Grenoble Academy. By 20, he can speak another 13 languages and at 32 he deciphers the [[Rosetta Stone]]. |
| − | * '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]] | + | * '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. |
| | + | * '''17''' - [[Mary]] accepts [[God]]'s will to conceive [[Jesus]] by the [[Holy Spirit]], and gives birth nine months later.<ref>Mary's exact age is not known, but she was old enough to marry under Jewish law and was almost certainly a teenager.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm]</ref> |
| | * '''18''' - [[Mary Shelley]] writes Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), later published when she was 21. | | * '''18''' - [[Mary Shelley]] writes Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), later published when she was 21. |
| − | * '''18''' - [[Gary Kasparov]], considered the greatest [[chess]] player ever, won the [[U.S.S.R.]] championship | + | * '''18''' - [[Gary Kasparov]], considered the greatest [[chess]] player ever, won the [[U.S.S.R.]] championship. |
| | * '''19''' - Captain Albert Ball, [[VC]], MC, DSO & 2 bars, commences his career as a fighter pilot. By the time he is killed, aged 20, in 1917, he has become one of the [[First World War]]'s greatest air aces, accounting for at least 44 [[German]] aircraft. | | * '''19''' - Captain Albert Ball, [[VC]], MC, DSO & 2 bars, commences his career as a fighter pilot. By the time he is killed, aged 20, in 1917, he has become one of the [[First World War]]'s greatest air aces, accounting for at least 44 [[German]] aircraft. |
| − | * '''19''' - was the average age of front-line [[US]] service personnel fighting to defend democracy in [[Indochina]] during the [[Vietnam War]] | + | * '''19''' - was the average age of front-line [[US]] service personnel fighting to defend democracy in [[Indochina]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. |
| − | * '''19''' - [[Evariste Galois]] develops [[group theory]], and wrote it out completely on the eve of his death at age 20; it took old [[mathematicians]] a century to comprehend it | + | * '''19''' - [[Evariste Galois]] develops [[group theory]], and wrote it out completely on the eve of his death at age 20; it took old [[mathematicians]] a century to comprehend it. |
| | * '''20''' - Carl Friedrich Gauss makes his first mathematical discoveries, which will lead to the completion of "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", his magnum opus, at the age of 21. | | * '''20''' - Carl Friedrich Gauss makes his first mathematical discoveries, which will lead to the completion of "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", his magnum opus, at the age of 21. |
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