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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Historical Figures from Europe
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
1859–1941Industrial AgeGermany
He believed himself to be a great statesman, dismissed the chancellor who actually was one, and spent thirty years inadvertently helping cause the worst war Europe had ever seen.
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Karl Marx
1818–1883Industrial AgeGermany
He spent his life in poverty writing about the workers' revolution, died before it happened, and his ideas were used to justify revolutions he never imagined by leaders he would never have trusted.
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King John of England
1166–1216Medieval PeriodUnited Kingdom
He lost Normandy, lost the battle of Bouvines, and was forced to sign Magna Carta — and the document that defined his failure became the foundation of constitutional rights everywhere.
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