Charles VII (1403-1461) was a sovereign of France from the House of Valois. Although he was crowned on July 17, 1429, after the French victory at Orleans, he effectively ruled the part of France that was not occupied by the English from 1422 as Charles of France. He succeeded his father, Charles VI, the Mad. [...]

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, (1725-1807) was a French General who fought in the American War of Independence, successfully commanding French troops in the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. When he returned to France, he commanded the French Northern Army (Armée du Nord) during the French Revolution. During the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), [...]

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 [...]