THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL WORLD LEADERS OF ALL TIME

7 Napoleon I 7 first consul (1799 –1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15). Known as the Little Corporal because of his ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, 17 November 1796, oil on canvas by Ant ...

7 Napoleon I 7 commanded the army of Italy in several vic- torious campaigns. In 1798 Napoleon persuaded the willing French gove ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 Napoleon on the Battlefi eld at Eylau, February 1807, oil painting by Ant ...

7 Napoleon I 7 1814, the Campaign of France, by Ernest Meissonier, 1864; in the Louvre, Paris. © Photos.com/Jupiterimages Napole ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 struggle despite all the emperor’s pleading, and he was forced to abdicat ...

7 Simón Bolívar 7 March 1811 a national congress met in Caracas to draft a constitution. After long deliberation it declared Ven ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 in the history of northern South America. La República de Colombia was es ...

7 Simón Bolívar 7 Bolívar was now president of Gran Colombia and dic- tator of Peru. Only a small section of the continent—Upper ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 contemporaries thought in terms of individual nation- states, Bolívar in ...

7 Giuseppe Garibaldi 7 with 60 members of his Italian Legion to fight for the Risorgimento, or resurrection, of Italy in the war ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 stood ready to assist, but only if he proved successful, and he accepted ...

7 Abraham Lincoln 7 Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln (b. Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenv ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 Early Life Born in a backwoods cabin in Kentucky, Lincoln moved with his ...

7 Abraham Lincoln 7 adulthood. During the White House years, Mary, who was emotionally unstable, became deeply disturbed by the ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 Photo of Abraham Lincoln, 1846. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. ...

7 Abraham Lincoln 7 American War had begun with the shedding of American blood upon American soil. His criticisms of the war wer ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 called upon the state governors for troops and proclaimed a blockade of t ...

7 Abraham Lincoln 7 had won a huge victory in capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi, in July 1863. At last Lincoln had found a man wh ...

7 The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 7 for the 1860 nomination and, all together, gave represen- tation to every ...