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Born 1720 • Spain
Died 1787 (aged 67) • Aranjuez • Spain
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Antonio de Mendoza, detail of a manuscript illumination, 16th century; in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
Antonio de Mendoza
viceroy of New Spain
Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa
Spanish soldier and statesman
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Henry II and Thomas Becket
Henry II
king of England
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein
Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein
prime minister of Prussia
Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Warren Hastings
British colonial administrator
Akbar
Akbar
Mughal emperor
Charles XII
Charles XII
king of Sweden
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Claudius I
Claudius
Roman emperor