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Emperor Meiji

Emperor Meiji reigned over Japan from 1867 to 1912, during the political transformation known as the Meiji Restoration....

19TH Century Japanese Meiji Restoration Modernization

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Pharaoh Thutmose III

Thutmose III was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned in the fifteenth century BCE, initially alongside h...

Warrior Egyptian 18TH Dynasty 15TH Century Bc

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Pharaoh Ramesses II

Ramesses II was a pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty who reigned for more than six decades during the thirteenth cent...

Warrior Egyptian Builder 13TH Century Bc

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Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte

Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769–1821) rose from Corsican-born general to Emperor of the French in 1804, conquered muc...

French 19TH Century Revolutionary Conqueror

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Mansa Musa I

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire in West Africa during the fourteenth century, commonly dated from about 1312 to 1337. H...

African 14TH Century Pilgrim Mali Empire

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Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita was a 13th-century ruler remembered as the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa. Oral traditions des...

African Founder 13TH Century Lion King

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Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901, a reign...

19TH Century British Empress Commonwealth

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Emperor Menelik II

Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and had previously ruled Shewa as king. During his reign Ethiopia e...

19TH Century Ethiopian Modernizer Solomonic

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Emperor Aurelian

Aurelian was Roman emperor from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century. Through military campaigns he defeate...

Warrior Roman Crisis 3RD Century

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Moshoeshoe I

Moshoeshoe I was the founder of the Basotho kingdom and the central figure in the formation of modern Lesotho during the...

19TH Century African Founder Lesotho

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Pharaoh Seti I

Seti I was a pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty who ruled during the 13th century BC and was the father of Ramesses I...

Warrior Egyptian Builder 13TH Century Bc

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Emperor Pedro II of Brazil

Pedro II was the second and last emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until a military coup replaced the monarchy with...

Longest Reign 19TH Century Abolition Brazilian

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King Victor Emmanuel II

Victor Emmanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 and became the first king of a unified Italy in 1861, retaining his re...

Italian 19TH Century Unification Savoy

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Tsar Alexander II

Alexander II was emperor of Russia from 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He is chiefly associated with the Emancipa...

Russian 19TH Century Romanov Assassinated

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King Carol I of Romania

Carol I was the ruler of Romania from 1866 to 1914, first as prince and, from 1881, as the country's first king. A membe...

19TH Century Founder Independence Romanian

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Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia

Yohannes IV (1837-1889) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His rei...

19TH Century Warrior Ethiopian Solomonic

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King Edward VII

King Edward VII (1841–1910) was the eldest son of Queen Victoria who reigned from 1901 and lent his name to the Edwardia...

19TH Century British Edwardian Commonwealth

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Emperor Pedro I of Brazil

Pedro I (1798-1834) was the first emperor of Brazil and a member of the House of Braganza. As Portuguese rule in Brazil...

19TH Century Brazilian Founder Independence

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King Richard I (the Lionheart)

King Richard I, commonly known as Richard the Lionheart, ruled England from 1189 until his death in 1199 as a member of...

12TH Century Warrior English Plantagenet

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King Cetshwayo

Cetshwayo kaMpande was king of the Zulu kingdom from 1872 until its defeat by Britain in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His...

19TH Century Zulu African Anglo Zulu War

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