People

159–238

Gordian I was an elderly senator and provincial governor who was proclaimed emperor in Africa in AD 238 after a revolt against the fiscal agents of […]

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c. 190s–238

Gordian II was the son and co-emperor of Gordian I during the African revolt of AD 238. A senator with literary and administrative experience, he shared […]

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1786–1850

Gordon Bremer was a Royal Navy officer whose long career included service in the Napoleonic wars and senior command during the First Opium War. In 1840 […]

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1869–1916

Grigori Rasputin was a Siberian peasant and religious wanderer who gained access to the Russian imperial family. Alexandra Feodorovna believed that his prayers could ease the […]

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1871–1908

The Guangxu Emperor ruled Qing China from 1875 to 1908, though real authority was often exercised by Empress Dowager Cixi. He supported the Hundred Days’ Reform […]

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1097–1136

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd was a Welsh princess, the daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd and the wife of Gruffudd ap Rhys of Deheubarth. During the […]

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1852–1928

H. H. Asquith was the British Liberal prime minister from 1908 to 1916. His government introduced major social and constitutional reforms, confronted the House of Lords […]

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1270–1319

Haakon V of Norway was a king of Norway who strengthened royal administration in the early fourteenth century. He shifted political attention toward Oslo, built fortifications […]

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1497–1543

Hans Holbein the Younger was a German-Swiss artist who became one of the most important portrait painters of the northern Renaissance. After working in Basel, he […]

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c. 14th century BCE–c. 14th century BCE

Hattusili III was a Hittite king who seized the throne after a successful military and administrative career. He concluded the famous peace treaty and dynastic alliance […]

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