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Governance • Inventors born active died
1672, May 30 1682-1725 1725, Jan 28
ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May (O.S. 27 April) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, westernized, and based on The Enlightenment. He also invented or refined decimal currency, a yacht club, and a sounding line with separating plummet sounding weight probe
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Peter the Great 1672, May 30 1682
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Kara Mustafa Pasha 1634/35 1660 1683 1683, Dec 25 an Ottoman military leader and grand vizier who was a central character in the Ottoman Empire's l... Thomas Lynch unknown 1670 1684 1684 Governor of Jamaica. In 1677, Sir Thomas Lynch returned to England having served in Jamaica since... Charles II of England 1630, May 29 1660 1685 1685, Feb 6 the monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Supreme Governor of the ... Edmund Waller 1606, Mar 3 1624 1686 1687, Oct 21 an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and ... Mehmed IV 1642, Jan 2 1648 1687 1693, Jan 6 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. Taking the throne at age six, his ... Emperor Reigen 1654, Jul 9 1663 1687 1732, Sep 24 the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigen's reign span... Frederick William 1620, Feb 16 1640 1688 1688, Apr 29 Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until hi... King James II 1633, Oct 14 1685 1688 1701, Sep 6 King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, and Supreme Governor o... Adolf Esmit unknown 1680 1689 unknown governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies from 1683 to 1684, and again from 1687 to 1688. ... Samuel Pepys 1633, Feb 23 1655 1691 1703, May 26 an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most well known for the diary ... William Pulteney [1] 1624, Mar 25 1679 1691 1691, Sep 6 an English Member of Parliament. He represented Westminster from February 1679 to March 1681 and ... Suleiman II 1642, Apr 15 1687 1691 1691, Jun 22/23 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1687 to 1691. Immediatel... Queen Mary II 1662, Apr 30 1689 1694 1694, Dec 28 joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Supreme Governor of the Church of England w... William Phips 1651, Feb 2 1673 1695 1695, Feb 18 a shepherd boy born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a shipwright, ship's captain, treasure hunte... Ahmed II 1643, Feb 25 1691 1695 1695, Feb 6 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1691 to 1... Arung Palakka 1634 ca 1660 1696 1696 a 17th-century Bugis prince and warrior. He supported the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the M... Sir James Houblon 1629, Jul 1654 1698 1700, Oct an influential merchant and Member of Parliament for the City of London. He held appointments in ... Thomas Neale 1641 1664 1698 1699 an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equiva... Christian V 1646, Apr 15 1670 1699 1699, Aug 25 king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people,... Tamanend 1628 ca 1680 1699 1701 ca a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the ti... John Salomonsz unknown 1690 1699 unknown elected chief of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands on May 31, 1696... Roger L'Estrange 1616, Dec 17 1639 1702 1704, Dec 11 an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims. L'Estrange was involved i... King William III 1650, Nov 4 1689 1702 1702, Mar 8 sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, and ... Amangkurat II unknown 1677 1703 unknown the Susuhunan of Mataram from 1677 to 1703. Prior to taking the throne, he was the crown prince a... Mustafa II 1664, Feb 6 1695 1703 1703, Dec 28/30 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. In June 1695, Mustafa II left Edir... Willem van Outhoorn 1635, May 4 1659 1704 1720, Nov 27 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1691 to 1704. He was born and died in the Dutch E... Amangkurat III unknown 1703 1704 unknown a short-lived ruler of Sultan in Java. His father Amangkurat II of Mataram had been killed, and h... Charles Montagu 1661, Apr 16 1683 1706 1715, May 19 an English poet and statesman. In 1685, Montagu's verses on the death of King Charles II made suc... Edward Hyde [2] 1661, Nov 28 1685 1708 1723, Mar 31 Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is reputed to have had a predelict... Emperor Higashiyama 1675, Oct 21 1687 1709 1710, Jan 16 Higashiyama's reign spanned the years from 1687 through 1709 of what are generally considered to ... HRE Joseph I 1678, Jul 26 1705 1711 1711, Apr 17 Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Emperor Leopold I... William Penn [2] 1644, Oct 14 1681 1712 1718, Jul 30 the son of Sir William Penn[1], and was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early ... Queen Anne 1665, Feb 6 1702 1714 1714, Aug 1 the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland and Supreme Governor of the Church of England from 170... King Louis XIV 1638, Sep 5 1643 1715 1715, Sep 1 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. ... Charles XII 1682, Jun 17 1697 1718 1718, Nov 30 the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a bran... Joseph Addison 1672, May 1 1693 1719 1719, Jun 17 an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lanc... Charles Boone unknown 1715 1722 unknown a British governor of the Bombay Presidency during the period of the Honourable East India Compan... Richard Steele 1672, Mar 1697 1724 1729, Sep 1 an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the... Jacob Hop 1654, Jul 31 1678 1725 1725, Oct 27 a Dutch diplomat who played an important role in the War of Succession. From 1699 he served as C... Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif 1634 1672 1727 1727, Mar 22 the second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty. He is also known in his native country as the ... Francis Phips unknown 1720 1729 unknown a British colonial governor. He was Lieutenant Governor of Anguilla and the Virgin Islands from 1... Victor Amadeus II 1666, May 14 1675 1730 1732, Oct 31 Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. Victor Amadeus II undertook sweeping administrative reforms with... Frederick IV 1671, Oct 11 1699 1730 1730, Oct 12 the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of King Christian... Ahmed III 1673, Dec 30/31 1703 1730 1736, Jul 1 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1703 to 1... Woodes Rogers 1679 ca 1705 1732 1732, Jul 15 an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is kno... Emperor Nakamikado 1702, Jan 14 1709 1735 1737, May 10 the 114th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Nakamikado's reign... William Cosby 1690 1710 1736 1736 an Irish soldier who served as the British royal governor of New York from 1732 to 1736. During h... Tobias Fitch unknown 1720 1739 unknown wrote a journal of his mission from Charleston to the Creeks. Succeeded Colonel Chicken as Indian... HRE Charles VI 1685, Oct 1 1711 1740 1740, Oct 20 he succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (as Charles II),... Melchior de Polignac 1661, Oct 11 1683 1742 1742, Nov 20 a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli... Robert Walpole 1676, Aug 26 1715 1742 1745, Mar 18 is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Although the exact d... Edward Vernon 1684, Nov 12 1700 1746 1757, Oct 30 a British naval officer. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral af... William IV of Orange 1711, Sep 1 1711 1751 1751, Oct 22 the first hereditary Stadtholder of all the United Provinces. He was born six weeks after the dea... Spencer Phips 1685, Jun 6 1713 1757 1757, Apr 4 a British politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born Spencer Bennett, he was adopted b... George Clinton [1] 1686 ca 1720 1761 1761, Jul 10 a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st D... Marie Leszczynska 1703, Jun 23 1720 1768 1768, Jun 24 a Polish noblewoman and French Queen consort. The daughter of King Stanislaw Leszczynski — Stan... Louis XV 1710, Feb 15 1715 1774 1774, May 10 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1 September 1715 u... Benjamin Franklin 1705, Jan 6 1718 1789 1790, Apr 17 one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading aut...
