William II (1859-1941) was German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918. He belonged to the Hohenzollern dynasty and inherited the crown upon the death of his father Frederick II on June 15, 1888. He was born on January 27, 1859, in Potsdam, Prussia, to Prince Frederick and Princess Royal Victoria, the eldest [...]

Chris Kyle was a US Navy SEAL sniper who did four tours of duty in Iraq, killing 255 enemies, 160 of them confirmed. Thus, he holds the record for the most confirmed kills in US military history, surpassing the earlier record of 109 kills established by Adelbert Waldron in Vietnam. Chris Kyle was born in [...]

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, and the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890. Known for his strong personality and political sagacity, Otto von Bismarck was the architect behind the German states unification under Prussia leadership at the end of the [...]

The William I (1797-1888) was King of Prussia from 1861 to 1888, succeeding his older brother Frederick William IV, and German Emperor from 1871 to 1888. He became Emperor of Germany after the unification of the German states and principalities, following the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). A member of the Hohenzollern Dynasty, William I was born [...]

Louis Napoleon (1803-1873) was elected president of the French Second Republic from 1848 to December 1851, and emperor of the Second French Empire, with the title of Napoleon III, from 1851 to 1870. Born on April 20, 1808, to Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, he was nephew of the French Emperor. After the 1848 [...]

Louis Philippe I (1773.1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848. He took the throne after the July Revolution (1830) forced Charles X to abdicate. He was also Duke of Orleans from 1793. Louis Philippe was born on October 6, 1773, in the Palais Royal, Paris. As the eldest son of Louis Philippe [...]