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- Victoria
- Queen with the longest reign in British History. She came to embody the values of her age.
- William Gladstone
- He leg the Whigs and was involved into the Liberal Party. He and Disraeli
- Otto von Bismarck
- he succeeded where others had failed. He came from Prussia's Junker clad, made
- Alfred Dreyfus
- high-ranking army officer. He was accused of spying on Germany. At his
- Louis Philippe
- cousin of Charles X. The French called him the "citizen king" because he owed his
- Peter Stolypin
- he was appointed as a new prime minister. Arrests, pogroms and executions followed
- Jeanne-Elizabeth Schmahl
- she founded the French Union for Women's Suffrage. Rejecting the
- Karageorge
- in 1804 to 1813, a Serb leader that led a guerilla war against the Ottomans. The
- Victor Emmanuel II
- : King, he made Count Camillo Cavour his prime minister. He was a
- Theodor Herzl
- a Hungarian Jewish journalist living in France. He called for Jews to form their own
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- a leading suffragist, had become convinced that only aggressive tactics would
- Louis Napoleon
- he was elected the first president of France. He attracted the working class by
- Charles X
- the younger brother of Louis XVIII. He was a strong believer of absolutism, and rejected the
- Alexander II
- came to the throne in 1855 during the Crimean War. He finally agreed to reforms and
- Camillo Cavour
- prime minister elected by Emmanuel. He improved agriculture, had railroads built,
- Giuseppe Mazzini
- nationalist leader who founded young Italy. Goal of secret society was "to
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- a long-time nationalist and ally of Mazzini. He wanted to create an Italian
- Alexander I
- inherited the throne in 1801 and seemed open to liberal ideas. He eased censorship and
- Metternich
- dominated Austrian politics for more then 30 years, tried to silence the students who took
- Georges Boulanger
- he was a general that rallied royalists and ultranationalists eager for revenge on
- Louis Kossuth
- a Hungarian nationalist who demanded an independent government. Called for an
- Charles Stewart Parnell
- he was a rousing leader. He rallied Irish members of Parliament to press for
- Benjamin Disraeli
- leading political figure at the time of the Industrial Revolution for conservatives,
- Milos Obrenovic
- in 1815, he led the Serbs in a second, more successful rebellion. He turned to Russia
- August Thyssen
- a business tycoon, who built a small steel factory of 70 workers into a giant empire
- Frederick William IV
- he was a king. Liberals forced him to agree to a constitution written by an
- William I
- Emperor of united Germany. As king (of Prussia), he made Bismarck chancellor. He was