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1393 BCE
Moses
the most important prophet in Judaism. He is also an important prophet in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and a number of other Abrahamic religions -
540 BCE
King Leonidas
was a king of the city-state of Sparta from about 490 B.C. until his death at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 B.C. -
356 BCE
Alexander the Great
king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. -
100 BCE
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a Roman statesman and general who played a critical role in the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. -
6 BCE
Jesus
was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament. -
571
Muhammad
Muhammad was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. -
Apr 16, 1162
Genghis Khan
was the founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death -
Sep 15, 1254
Marco Polo
was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. -
1451
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas -
Apr 22, 1451
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Queen of Castile from 1474 and Queen consort of Aragon from 1479, reigning over a dynastically unified Spain jointly with her husband Ferdinand II. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo DiVinci
was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography -
1466
Montezuma
Referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlán, reigning from 1502 to 1520 -
Mar 16, 1478
Francisco Pizarro
a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, Augustinian monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 -
1485
Hernan Cortes
1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. -
Jun 28, 1491
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and, in particular, his efforts to have his first marriage annulled. -
Dec 8, 1542
Mary Queen of Scotts
reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. -
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet can be plausibly dated to 1595. Shakespeare must have written the play between 1591 and 1596. -
King James I
He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 until his death and he ruled in England and Ireland from 24 March 1603 until his death. -
John Locke
an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". -
Montesquieu
was a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher. -
Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. -
King Louis XVI
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution -
Napoleon
a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. -
George Washington
an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. -
Charles Darwin
an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science -
Karl Marx
a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. -
Franz Ferdinand
as the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. -
Czar Nicholas II
known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of All Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917 -
Rasputin
was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. -
Gandhi
Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. -
Lenin
a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. -
General George S. Patton
was a general of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. -
Fig Newton
its a disgusting food choice -
Chuck Norris
an American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Norris is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and Judo -
Queen Elizabeth
She became queen at the age of 27. -
Bill and Ted in Class - threatened with failing
Mr. Ryan asks the boys tho Joan of Arc is and they both give dumb answers. After class Mr, Ryan says that they will fail if they don't get an A on their presentation.
