SS Citizens Klein

Queen Elizabeth 1st 1533-1603

Child of Anne Bolene and Henry the 8th

Virgin Queen/Married to England

First Protestant Born Monarch

Foundation of the British Empire

Built English Culture

Queen Victoria 1819-1901

Ruled at the height of the British Empire

Came into power at 18 and ruled for 64 years

Wore black for 40 years

Conquers Ireland

Mandates all doors must be black

Victorian Etiquette

St. Thomas More 1477-1535

Head of the English Catholic Church

Denies Henry the 8th divorce

Man of faith

Beheaded

Wrote “Utopia”

Leads Henry the 8th to start the Church of England

Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

Italian Philospher

Writes Prince (A book about how to be the best king/dictators handbook)

“the ends justify the means”

William the Conqueror 1027-1087

Leads France to conqueror the British Isles in 1066

French and Anglesaxxon mixed to make English

William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Famous writer

His stories remain relatable in modern day

One of the earliest authors to focus on humans as opposed to religion

His stories are still used as outlines for famous stories today

Johann Gutenberg 1400-1468

Invented the printing press

This led to the renaissance and widespread knowledge

Led to the idea of individuality

John Locke 1632-1704

Philosopher known for political work

Inspired Thomas Jefferson

Inspired American Democracy

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Founding Father

Inventor, Diplomat, Author

Ambassador to France

Did a lot for the U.S.

George Washington 1732-1799

1st U.S. president

The idea of a president came because he was such a good person and leader

Reason we have a president

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

16th president

Freed slaves/ended Civil War

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826

3rd president

Smartest president

Helped write the Declaration of Independence

Made the Louisiana Purchase

Started the U.S. Navy

Franklin Roosvelt 1882-1945

WW2 President

Created the New Deal to get us out of the Great Depression

Made U.S. an empire

First to connect to citizens through radio

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962

Worked for Women’s Rights

Newspaper Journalist

Diplomat

UN Representative

Wrote the Human Rights Convention

Margaret Sanger 1883-1996

Starts Planned Parenthood

Widespread Birth Control

Leads to Urbanization

Homer 8th C., B.C.

Wrote the Iliad and Odyssey (Oldest Books we have)

Very important books

Socrates 470-399 B.C.

Greek Philosopher

Convicted of Corrupting Young Minds

Not well liked

“the unexamined life is not worth living”

Plato 427-347 B.C.

Socrates Pupil

Writes Dialogues (Discussions w/ Socrates) and The republic (Ideal Government according to Plato)

Founded The Academy to set up Aristocracy

Aristotle 384-322 B.C.

Platos star student at the Academy

Greatest mind of the ancient world

expert on everything

People assumed he was always correct and his answers became the norm even when wrong (geocentrism)

He believed Men were superior

Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.

Tutored by Aristotle

Son of King Phillip of Macedon

Kind at 20

Spreads the Greek empire

undefeated

Greatest Warrior/Leader of all time

Has lots of kids

Nicolas Copernicus 1473-1543

Polish Astronomer

Had the idea of Heliocentirsim (we revolve around the sun)

starts the Science Reinassance/Copernican Revolution

Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797

English Philosopher

Writes “A Vindication of Women” and “Rules for Daughters”

Foundation of the Women’s Rights Movement years later

Peter the Great 1672-1725

Russian Czar

Brings Russia out of the Dark Ages

Travels Europe to learn

Modernizes and Westernizes Russia

Karl Marx 1818-1883

Communist Manifesto

Fathers Communism

“Workers of the world unite”

Lenin (V.I. Ulyanov) 1870-1924

Starts the Russian Revolution

Imprisoned in Siberia

Overthrows the Czar and becomes the new ruler

Starts USSR

Starts Communism in Russia

Stalin (J.V. Dzugashivil) 1879-1953

Takes over for Lenin

Bully

Uneducated

“A single death is a tragedy a million deaths is a statistic”

Mikhail Gorbachev 1931-2022

Takes over as Soviet Ruler in 1985

College Educated

Restructures and opens up the USSR

Causes the downfall of the Soviet Union

Simon Bolivar 1783-1830

Venezuelan Revolution

Creole

George Washington mixed with Thomas Jefferson

Founder of 5 countries that revolted from the Spanish rule

Bad ruler

Eva Duarte Peron

Grew up in rural Argentina and had a very difficult upbringing

Enters prostitution to support her family

Eventually travels with a band into Buenos Aires

Marries the Military Dictator of Argentina and becomes First Lady

Wants to help the poor

Widely loved

Expected to run for president but contracts cancer

Queen Isabella 1st 1451-1504

Queen of Spain that funds Columbus

Married to King Ferdinand

Last representative of the Dark Ages (very religious)

Wants to rid Spain of diversity

Spanish Inquisition!

Leads to the demise of Spain

Christopher Columbus

Credited with finding America

Sails for Spain

Eliminates Natives

Earth is round

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader/Ruler of France

Bad Ruler, Good Military mind

Defeated by Haitian Slaves

Louisiana Purchase

Defeat at Waterloo

Moses

Born Jewish in Slavery in Egypt

Leads Jews out of Egypt

Parts the Sea

Receives 10 Commandments

Credited with the Torrah

Golda Meir

Jewish Russian

Zionist

Moves to Mandatory Palenstine to raise money for Israel

Elected Prime Minister of Israel

Cements U.S.- Israel Alliance

Julius Ceaser

Roman Military Ruler

Charismatic

Egomaniac

Lack of loyalty to Spouse

Conquerors Gaul/France

Establishes position of Ceaser

Cleopatra

Manipulated powerful men

Rules Egypt

Hooks up with J. Ceaser so she can rule Rome

Gets w/ Mark Antony post J. Ceaser dying

Rejected by new Ceaser of Rome (Octavious/Augustus)

First to know how to use makeup

Augustus Caesar

Takes power after Julius dies

Believes in monogamy and faithfullness

Greatest of Roman Rulers

Rules for 40 years

Benevolent Despot

Muhammad

Jesus of Islam

Rules and starts the Islamic Empire

Umar ibh al Khattab

2nd succesor to Muhammad

Rules Islamic Empire

Expands Islamic Empire far and wide

Builds Mosque on Western Wall

Galileo Galilei

Advances the idea of Heliocentrism

Builds powerful telescope

Italian Catholic

Invents Scientific Method

Drops things of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Things fall at the same speed

Has to take all of his finding back after being arrested for going against Catholicism

Issac Newton

English Scientist

Invents Calculus

Newtons Laws of Motion

Defines what science is

Albert Einstein

German Jew

Moves to US

Theory of Relativity

Helps with Atomic Bomb

Creates the tube that helps w/ old T.V.s

Extremely Brilliant

Worked the scientific method backwards

you go faster= time is slower

Marie Curie

Polish

Discover Radium and Polonium

Wins Nobel Prize in multiple fields

Poised and killed by radium

Wernher Von Braun

Most Prominent Nazi Scientist

Best of the Best

Creates German Rockets

Goes into hiding post WW2

Caught by Americans

Becomes head of NASA during the Space Race

Ghandi

Earns rights for Indians in South Africa

Morally against violence

Peaceful Protest for India’s independence

Helps India gain independence

A symbol of non-violence

Wanted a United India

Jesus Christ

Starts Christianity

Martin Luther

Founds Lutheran Church

Starts all protestant faiths

Benazir Bhutto

Born into Prominent Family in Pakistan

Her Dad was the military dictator but then executed after a coup

Takes over her fathers political party

Prime Minister in 1980’s

Only female to rule a Muslim country

Removed from power runs again in 90’s but removed again

Runs in 2007 and is shot in Pakistan

Buddha

Founds Buddhism

Northern India/Nepal

Not a God

Meditates for 49 days under Bodhi Tree before becoming enlightened

Rene Descartes

French Renaissance Philosopher and Mathematician

Creates Coordinate Plane

Extremist about questioning/ Doubts everything

“I think therefore I am”

Louis Pasteur

French Chemist

Helps make Vaccines

Helps introduce Germ Theory

Pasteurization

Life expectacies skyrocket

Winston Churhill

British Prime Minister during WWII

Iconic British Leader

Close ally to Franklin Roosevelt

Strong wordsmith

Writes many history books

Adolf Hitler

The Holocaust

Austrian Painter

Becomes a radical post WW1 and tries to overthrow the government

Mein Kampf

Wants more living space for pure Germans

Big Failure

Confucius

Teacher and Government Worker

Contemporist of Buddha

Sets foundation for Chinese Culture

Chinese Philosopher who believes in familial obligation

Shih Huang Ti

1st Chinese Emperor

First ruler to use censorship

Ruthless

Builds the Great Wall of China

Extremely paranoid about death

Ingests Mercury

Builds the Terracotta Army

Ts’ai Lun

Chinese Eunuch

Invents Paper

Similar impact to Gutenberg but earlier

Mao

From a wealthy family

Brings communism to China

loves slogans

fixated on communism good, capitalism bad

encourages people to have children