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Cromwell (1599-1658) | Temporarily changed England to a republic and led said republic |
Louis XIV (1638-1715) | Caused the culture and military flourish in France, built Versailles |
William III of Orange (1650-1702) | United England, Ireland and the Netherlands under Protestant rule |
Peter I (1672-1725) | Westernized Russia |
Frederick the Great (1712-1786) | Modernized Prussian Industry and Military |
Maria Theresa (1717-1780) | Unified Austria and initiated reforms |
Catherine II (1729-1796) | Revitalized and expanded Russia to its greatest extent |
George Washington (1732-1799) | Led Continental Army and became first president of the Uniteed States |
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) | Made Louisiana Purchase from France as the third President |
Napoleon (1769-1821) | Emporer of France, created namesake code which shaped administration and judicial functions in Western Europe |
Metternich (1773-1859) | Negotiated peace for Austria with France, Great Brittain, Russia, and Prussia |
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) | Leader of the Colombian revolt against Spain |
Disraeli (1804-1881) | British Prime Minister who created the Conservative Party |
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) | Sixteenth American President who freed the slaves and presided over the civil war |
Gandhi (1869-1948) | Used civil disobediance to win India's Independence |
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) | First Soviet leader, won Bolshevik Revolution |
Winstin Churchill (1874-1965) | Prime Minister of Britain during WWII, Secretary of the Navy in WWI |
Josef Stalin (1878-1953) | Premier of the USSR in WWII, killed thousands in a genocide |
Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945) | Initiated the "New Deal" to lift the USA out of a depression, presided over WWII, 32nd president |
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) | Fuhrer of Nazi Germany, started WWII, started Holocaust |
Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong) (1893-1976) | Leader of Communist China, won civil war after WWII |