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Timeline of Top 10 Rulers of the world Abraham Lincoln Year Events 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born on 12th February at Kentucky 1817 Settled in Perry County 1830 Lincoln’s family moved into Illinois near Decatur 1831 Worked as an Election Clerk at New Salem 1832 Delivered his first political speech 1833 Elected to State Legislature as Whig 1838 - 40 Re elected to State Legislature 1842 Married Miss. Mary Fodd of Kentucky 1844 Proposed for Congress 1846 Elected to Congress, the single Whig, Illinois member, and supported antislavery. 1848 Electioneered for General Taylor 1849 Defeated by Shields for United States Senator 1852 Electioneered for General Scott 1854 Won the state over to the Republican 1856 Organised the Republican Party 1860 Nominated for President 1861 Elected as 16th President 1863 Emancipation proclaimed on 1st January 1864 Unanimous nomination as Republican Presidential election candidate for re election on 7th June and Re-elected on 8th November 1865 Assassinated in Ford’s Theatre, Washington ALEXANDER, THE GREAT Year Events 356 BC Alexander was born at Pella, Macedonia 338 BC Battle of Chaeronea 336 Became the ruler of Macedonia 334 Won battle of the Granicus River against Darius III of Persia 333 Won battle at Issus against Darius 332 Siege of Tyre 331 Battle of Gawgamela 330 Trial and Execution of Philotas 329 Crossed Mt.Hindu Kush & went to Bactria, the Oxus river and then to Samarkhand 327 Began march to India 326 Won battle of river Hydaspes against Porus. 324 Troops Mutiny at Opis 323 Died at Babylon in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar QUEEN ELIZABETH I Year Events 1533 Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, England 1536 Executed on Tower Hill, London 1540 King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves, but the marriage is quickly annulled 1542 Catherine Howard is executed for adultery 1551 Returned to the court 1555 Imprisoned in the tower for 8 weeks 1558 Repeal of Catholic legislation in England 1559 Crowned as Queen of England 1560 Treaty of Edinburg between England, France and Scotland 1561 Treaty signed at Hampton court 1562 Suffered of smallpox 1563 Establishment of the Anglican Church 1564 Took share of profit from John Hawkins slave trade 1570 Ex-communication of Queen Elizabeth 1575 Declined to accept the sovereignty of Netherland 1579 The Privy Council failed to support Queen Elizabeth in the marriage treaty with Duke of Anjou 1581 Marriage treaty between Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Anjou is signed 1585 Issued declaration taking Netherland under her protection 1586 Treaty of Berwick 1593 Told parliament that she had the right to assent or dissent from anything they do 1600 Granted Charter to East India Company 1603 Died on 24th March 1603 of blood poisoning ADOLF HITLER Year Events 1889 Adolf Hitler was born 1909 Moved to Vienna 1914 Began military service in I World War 1918 Awarded the iron cross first class in World War – I 1919 Joined the German worker’s party 1921 Renamed as Nazi Party 1922 Proclaimed the first Nazi Party youth group 1923 Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch ended in failure. He was sent to prison 1924 Released from prison and rebuilt the Nazi party 1933 Named as Chancellor of Germany. Nazi party was declared the only legal party in Germany 1934 Made supreme commander of the military 1938 Annexed Austria against Jews 1939 Annexed Czechoslovakia 1941 Germany invaded Soviet Union 1942 German forces were defeated in the second Battle of El Alamein 1943 The Battle of Stalingrad ended in the destruction of the German troops 1945 Committed suicide on April 30th AUGUSTUS CAESAR Year Events 63 BC Octavian was born on 23rd September at Rome 51 Delivered his first public speech at the age of 12 48 Battle of Pharsalus 47 Member in the board of Roman Priests 45 Accompanied with Caesar for the Battle of Munda 44 Went to Albania for academic and military training 43 Octavian and Antony agreed to a sharing of power 31 Battle of Actium 30 Invaded and annexed Egypt into Roman Empire 28 Awarded the name ‘Caesar’ 22 Travelled to Sicily, Greece and the Roman province of Asia to reorganize the administration 19 Social legislation promoted by Caesar 12 BC Became the chief priest of the Roman religion 6 AD Rome annexed Judaea 14 AD Died on 19th August at Nola NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Year Events 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica 1779 Studied at Royal Military Academy 1784 Enrolled in the Ecole military 1785 Graduated from Ecole Military with the rank of second Lieutenant in the artillery 1789 Paris mob stormed the Bastille 1793 His family was forced to leave Corsica 1794 Earned a promotion to Brigadier General 1796 Gave command of the French army in Italy and won the Battle of Lodi and Battle of Arcole 1797 Treaty of Campo – Formio with Austria 1798 Began his Egyptian campaign 1799 Coup of Brumaire, he overthrew the Directory 1801 Treaty with Austria signed at Luneville 1802 Treaty of Amiens 1804 Proclaimed Emperor by the Senate 1807 Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France 1809 Battle of Wagram 1812 Arrived in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants, retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, army suffered a great loss 1813 Battle of Luneburg 1814 Treaty of Fontaine bleau. He agreed to exile in Elba 1815 Battle of Waterloo. He exiled to St. Helena 1821 Died on 5th March JOSEPH II Year Events 1741 Joseph II was born on 13th March at Schonbrunn Palace 1756 Defensive pact between France & England 1765 Became Co-regent by Maria Theresa 1778 – 79 I-Partition of Poland and Bavarian war 1780 Ruled as an Emperor 1781 Abolished serfdom 1782 Issued Edict of Tolerance to ensure Jewish Rights 1783 Jews given more rights in Hungary by Emperor Joseph II 1784 Changed the official language of Austria from Latin to German. Setup Hospitals with more educated doctors 1786 New Penal Code was introduced 1787 Abolition of Death Penalty and brutal punishment till 1789 1788 Austria and Russia attacked Ottaman empire 1789 Outbreak of French Revolution Issued a Charter of religious toleration for the Jews of Galicia 1790 Died on 30th January at Vienna CHARLEMAGNE Year Events 742 Charlemagne was born on April 2, traditionally in this year but possible as late as 747. 771 Became a sole ruler 772 Made his first raid on the Saxons 774 Became the king of Lombard’s 778 Conquered the Spanish March 781 Made a pilgrimage to Rome and his son proclaimed the king of Italy 787 Launched his educational plan by ordering bishops and abbots to open school 788 Took control of Bavaria, brought all the territory of Germanic tribes into one political unit 791 - 796 Conducted a series of campaign against the Avars 797 Captured Barcelona 799 Protected Pope Leo III from his enemies 800 He came to Rome 804 The Saxony wars finally came to an end 812 Byzantine emperor Michael I acknowledged Charlemagne as emperor 813 Delegated imperial power to Louis 814 Died on January 28th in Aachen GENGHIS KHAN Year Events 1162 Temujin was born near Lake Baikal, Mongolia 1196 Defeated the Tatar tribe in battle 1206 Became Genghis khan of the Mongolian empire 1207 Began war against China 1211 Attacked north of China, invaded the Chin Empire 1215 Captured Peking 1220 Overran the Muslim empire of Khwarezm 1226 Last campaign against His Hsia Modern northwest China 1227 Died on August 18 ODYSSEUS (Lacks evidence of Date and Time) Odysseus, Latin Ulixes, English Ulysses, hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey and one of the most frequently portrayed figures in Western literature. According to Homer, Odysseus was king of Ithaca, son of Laertes and Anticleia (the daughter of Autolycus of Parnassus), and father, by his wife, Penelope, of Telemachus. (In later tradition, Odysseus was instead the son of Sisyphus and fathered sons by Circe, Calypso, and others.)