People

1217–1265

Hulagu Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Ilkhanate in Iran. Sent west by his brother Möngke, he destroyed the Nizari […]

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1720–1782

Hyder Ali was the de facto ruler of Mysore in southern India from the 1760s until his death in 1782. A skilled military organiser, he expanded […]

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Icarus was a figure of Greek myth who escapes Crete on wings made by his father Daedalus. Ignoring warnings, he flies too close to the sun, […]

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Isoroku Yamamoto is represented in the linked historical fiction through crime, espionage and covert power, military command and battlefield decision-making, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. […]

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died 1314

Jacques de Molay was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He was arrested during Philip IV of France’s campaign against the order and burned […]

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1797–1868

James Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, was a British cavalry officer notorious for aristocratic privilege and command disputes. During the Crimean War he led the Light Brigade […]

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1751–1836

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States and a principal architect of the Constitution. He helped write the Federalist Papers and Bill of […]

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1796–1878

James Matheson was a Scottish merchant who became one of the founders of Jardine, Matheson & Company. Working from Canton and Macau, he made a fortune […]

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c. 1698–1752

James Stewart of the Glen was a leader of the Stewarts of Appin who was convicted as an accessory to the Appin Murder and hanged in […]

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1512–1542

James V became king of Scots as an infant after his father’s death at Flodden. He escaped the control of the Douglas family in 1528 and […]

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