IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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Abraham
1st Patriarch of God 3 religions agree
Judaism (Hebrew) Christian Muslim

1st great covenant given to him You should be the father of a great people. Obedience was tested Jews & Christians believe he was told to sacrifice Isaac Muslims believe he was told to sacrifice Ishmael.

Alexander The Great

FromMacedonia FatherPhillip II
Taught Alexander how to be a great general.

YouthTaught by Aristotle Became kingat age 21 after father was murdered. First 4 years of rule--defeated and became ruler of Asia Minor, Persia, & Egypt.

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Alexander The Great

Remaining 8 years of rule
Military fought almost nonstop. Controlled over 2 million square miles
Largest empire to that time.

Legacy
Increased trade between east and west Founded over 70 cities, 20 of them were named Alexandria Common coinage, language, and laws were used for many years Spread of town planning, town government, art, and education.

Spread the Greek way of life

Diedat age 33 of a fever

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Archimedes
FromSyracuse Moved to Alexandria Egypt to study in the great library Legacy
Pi Pulley, fulcrum, & lever Buoyancy Archimedes screw

Aristotle

FromGreece Moved--to Athens to be a student of Plato Teacherto Alexander the Great Legacy
Logic, basis for scientific method, zoology, & studied anything that interested him

Augustus
FromRome Birth name--Octavian Great UncleJulius Caesar After Caesars deathJoined Marc Antony, & Lepidus Both Octavian & Marc Antony believe they are Caesars heir.
Octavian defeats Marc Antony

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Augustus
Power
Founded principate (a monarchy headed by an emperor holding power for life.) Had ultimate control over the state and the army.

Legacy
Pax Romana Safe secure road system for trade Common coinage Social reforms
Public education Improved buildings Social services

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Francis Bacon
FromLondon Influence--Scientific Revolution Legacy Father of Experimental Science Father of the Scientific Method

Otto von Bismarck

FromPrussia Royalist Prime Minister to Wilhelm I Blood and Iron
Use of Military force to achieve goals

Unified Germany
(see page 2)

Kulturkampf
Set of anti-Catholic laws

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Otto von Bismarck

War against Denmark
Prussia and Austria form alliance against Denmark Win Schleswig & Holstein

Franco-Prussian War
Bismarck invents incident in press saying the French ambassador insulted the Prussian king France declares war 6 months later France is defeated King Wilhelm crowns himself Kaiser and declares empire the 2nd Reich.

7 weeks War
War between Prussia & Austria Humiliating loss for Austria
Lose Holstein, Venetia, & control over Southern German states

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Napoleon Bonaparte
FromCorsica Youthmoved to France to go to military school Becomes one of the youngest generals in French History At age 26 made Commander of the French Army

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Napoleon Bonaparte
1799coup d etat results in Napoleon becoming 1 of 3 consuls. New Constitution makes him head consul and he becomes a dictator. Crowns himself emperor

Napoleonic wars
Takes control of most of Western Europe, places family members and friends in leadership roles

Russia
Czar Alexander I Defeats The Grande Army by using the scorched earth policy

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Napoleon Bonaparte
European countries join forces to defeat Napoleon and exile him to the isle of Elba. A year later he escapes, returns, & assumes the power. Final defeat at Waterloo Exiled and dies on the isle of St. Helena. Legacy
Napoleonic code
Civil Family Criminal

Spread of French Revolution ideas Starting of Nationalistic ideas in Europe Centralized government Universal suffrage expanded education

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Michelangelo Buonarroti
From Italy Renaissance Man
Painter Sculptor Engineer Inventor

Famous works
Pieta David Sistine Chapel Dome of St Peters Basilica

Buddha
FromPresent day Nepal Gautama Buddhafounder of Buddhism Meditation, moderation, and stay away from selfindulgence & self-mortification

Fidel Castro
From Cuba Guerilla fighter January 1, 1959 rebels take over Prime Ministerin Feb, 1959 he became Prime Minister and then President
retired in 2008

Important happenings
Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Trade sanctions

Catherine the Great

FromPrussia MarriedCzar Peter III of Russia while he still was a prince.
Plotted against her husband when he became Czar Had him arrested He was found strangled to death

Became Czarina
Enlightened despot

FromEngland Pioneer in the film industry. Was a comic actor who rose in fame and power during the silent film era Famous movies The Kid The Gold Rush The City lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Co-founder of United Artists

Charlie Chaplin

Charles I

FromEngland Reignwas full of strife and controversy Civil WarRoundheads (side of Parliament) Cavilers (side of royalists) Legacy

John Calvin
FromFrance Youthstarted to study law. When father died he changed to religion. Had a sudden conversion to the protestant ideas. Reformerideas became known as Calvinism. Moved to Geneva and set up Theocracy

Charlemagne
Frompresent day France Became king of the Franks after father died Was protector of the Pope
Drove out Lombards Muslims & forced many pagans to become Christian

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Charlemagne
Father of Europe
Conquered, converted, & unified much of present day France and Germany into one empire. December 25. 800 Pope Leo III crowned him the Holy Roman Emperor

Legacy
Gave order during a very chaotic time. Revived education
Reading Writing Rhetoric Gave the job to Monks

Spread Christianity Took power away from his counts and made them accountable to him

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Winston Churchill
FromEngland Was an English Army officer and between service and in his older years was an excellent politician. Was made Prime Minister when Neville Chamberlain stepped down.

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Winston Churchill
World War II
Battle of Britain Atlantic Charter

Index
A
Abraham Alexander the Great Archimedes Aristotle Augustus

D
da Gama, Vasco da Vinci, Leonardo Darwin, Charles Dias, Bartolomeu Descartes, Rene

E
Edison, Thomas Eisenhower, Dwight D. Elizabeth I Emperors, 5 Good Erasmus

B
Bacon, Francis Bismarck, Otto von Bonaparte, Napoleon Buonarroti, Michelangelo Buddha

F
Ferdinand, Archduke Franz Ford, Henry Freud, Sigmund

C
Castrol, Fidel Catherine the Great Chaplin, Charlie Charles I Calvin, John Charlemagne Churchill, Winston Columbus, Christopher Cortes, Hernando Confucius Constantine Copernicus Cromwell, Oliver

G
Galilei, Galileo Garibaldi, Giuseppe Gutenberg, Johann

H
Prince Henry Henry VIII Herodotus Emperor Hirohito Hitler, Adolf Hobbes, Thomas Homer

Index
I
Ignatius of Loyola Ivan the Terrible

M
Medici Family Minh, Ho Chi Montesquieu More, Thomas Muhammad Mussolini, Benito

J
Jesus Jieshi, Jian Joan of Arc King John Julius Caesar Justinian

N
Czar Nicholas II

O
Oconnor, Sandra Orwell, George

K
Kepler, Johannes

L
Lenin, Vladimir Pope Leo X Locke, John Louis XVI Luther, Martin

P
Peter the Great Plato Ptolemy Pot, Pol Princip, Gavrilo

M
MacArthur, Douglas Machiavelli, Niccolo Magellan Marat, Jean Paul Marie Antoinette Mary I Marx, Karl

Q R
Richard the Lion Hearted Robespierre, Maximilien Rommel, Erwin Roosevelt, Franklin D. Rousseau

Index
S
Saladin Shakespeare, William Smith, Adam Socrates Stalin, Josef

W
Duke of Wellington Wilhelm I Wilhelm II William the Conqueror Wilson, Woodrow

T
Tetzel, Johann

X Y Z
Zedong, Mao

U
Pope Urban II

V
Queen Victoria Voltaire