Political Leaders in London

The atlas holds 39 people and 139 moments here, from 1374 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Margaret Thatcher, Lord Byron and Thomas More.

Notable people

  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

    from 1984 to 1991

    2 moments here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  2. Montesquieu

    from 1729 to 1730

    2 moments here

    Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

  3. Nelson Mandela

    from 1962 to 2000

    3 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  4. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1862

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  5. Peter Paul Rubens

    in 1629

    2 moments here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  6. Peter the Great

    in 1698

    2 moments here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  7. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

  8. Ronald Reagan

    from 1982 to 1989

    4 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  9. Shinzo Abe

    in 2007

    1 moment here

    Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…

  10. Simón Bolívar

    in 1810

    1 moment here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

  11. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1651 to 1660

    2 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  12. Thomas Jefferson

    in 1786

    1 moment here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  13. Thomas More

    from 1478 to 1535

    10 moments here

    English lawyer, humanist author, royal councillor, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lord Chancellor under…

  14. Vladimir Lenin

    from 1902 to 1908

    5 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  15. Winston Churchill

    from 1888 to 1965

    4 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

  1. 1805 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Lord Byron
  2. 1809 First seat in the House of Lords Lord Byron
  3. 1809 Departure for the Continent Lord Byron
  4. 1810 Meets Wellesley at Apsley House Simón Bolívar
  5. 1812 Luddite speech in the House of Lords Lord Byron
  6. 1812 Catholic-emancipation speech Lord Byron
  7. 1843 Visit to German communists Friedrich Engels
  8. 1845 Research journey to London Friedrich Engels
  9. 1845 Studies and meets Chartists in London Karl Marx
  10. 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  11. 1847 Conducts I masnadieri premiere Giuseppe Verdi
  12. 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  13. 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx
  14. 1849 Refugee reunion Friedrich Engels
  15. 1849 Arrives as an exile in London Karl Marx
  16. 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
  17. 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
  18. 1862 Diplomatic visit to England Otto von Bismarck
  19. 1864 Moves to Modena Villas Karl Marx
  20. 1864 Joins the First International's founding meeting Karl Marx
  21. 1870 Move to Regent's Park Road Friedrich Engels
  22. 1875 Conducts Requiem in London Giuseppe Verdi
  23. 1875 Moves to 41 Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  24. 1883 Marx funeral eulogy Friedrich Engels
  25. 1883 Dies at Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  26. 1888 Studies at University College London Mahatma Gandhi
  27. 1888 Trains for the bar at Inner Temple Mahatma Gandhi
  28. 1888 Enters Harrow School Winston Churchill
  29. 1891 Leaves London after qualifying Mahatma Gandhi
  30. 1895 Death in London Friedrich Engels
  31. 1901 Makes maiden Commons speech Winston Churchill
  32. 1902 Worked in the British Museum Reading Room Vladimir Lenin
  33. 1902 Moved to London with Iskra Vladimir Lenin
  34. 1903 Second RSDLP Congress in London Vladimir Lenin
  35. 1905 Schooling at Harrow Jawaharlal Nehru
  36. 1905 Third RSDLP Congress in London Vladimir Lenin
  37. 1907 Attends the Fifth RSDLP Congress in London Joseph Stalin
  38. 1908 Returned to the British Museum Vladimir Lenin
  39. 1908 Marries at St Margaret’s Winston Churchill
  40. 1910 Legal studies in London Jawaharlal Nehru
  41. 1930 First overseas tour: England Helen Keller
  42. 1931 Lives at Kingsley Hall Mahatma Gandhi
  43. 1932 Third trip abroad: England Helen Keller
  44. 1936 European journey with Polly Thomson Helen Keller
  45. 1937 Emergency operation in London Ernest Rutherford
  46. 1938 Worked at the London embassy John F. Kennedy
  47. 1939 Attended Parliament's war speeches John F. Kennedy
  48. 1939 Returned to wartime London John F. Kennedy
  49. 1940 First meeting with Churchill Charles de Gaulle
  50. 1940 Free French headquarters at Carlton Gardens Charles de Gaulle

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