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Also Known As Muhammed bin Hamid
Born 1837
Died June 14, 1905 (aged 68) • Zanzibar • Tanzania
Title / Office governor (1887-1890), Congo Free State
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Saʿīd ibn Sulṭān
ruler of Muscat, Oman, and Zanzibar
Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
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Priscilla Alden
English colonist
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John Alden
English colonist
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Sir Leon Brittan
British politician
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William Hobson
British colonial officer
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
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Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
William Penn
English religious leader
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator