Famous!! Europeans (and a few Russians)

9th century emperor of the Frankish Empire and Holy Roman Empire Charlemagne

Before modern nations

Traveled from Italy to China in the 13th century Marco Polo

15th century French teenage girl who had religious visions and was chosen to lead the French army. Captured and executed at age 19. Joan of Arc

Ferdinand and Isabella 15th century Spanish king and queen who funded Columbus’s expeditions. Ferdinand and Isabella

(First landed in the Bahamas) Four Journeys (First landed in the Bahamas)

French king who was executed during the French revolution (1793) Louis 16th

French queen who was executed during the French revolution; “Let them eat cake” Marie Antoinette

18th century British king who lost the colonies when the American revolution was fought. George III (schizophrenic)

Napoleon Bonaparte Early 19th century French military and political leader; twice emperor of France, twice exiled; lost at Waterloo

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated in 1914, starting WW I Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Last Russian czar (tsar), executed by revolutionaries in 1918. Nicholas 2nd

1st communist leader after the Russian revolution, 1917 1st communist leader after the Russian revolution, 1917. Consolidated the Soviet Union under one communist government Lenin

Russian communist dictator after Lenin; mass murderer; Soviet dictator and leader through WW II Joseph Stalin

20th century’s most hated leader; Austrian-born leader of the German Nazi party in WW II Adolph Hitler

20th century Italian leader of WW II fascists Mussolini

20th century British prime minister during WW II Winston Churchill