Royalty through history
The atlas holds 30 people and 1,072 moments here, from 1281 BC to 2022. The most recorded lives are Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. Across the Ancient World and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Akbar
from 1542 to 1605
23 moments here
Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (1542–1605), commonly known as Akbar, was the third Mughal emperor.…
Alexander the Great
from 356 BC to 323 BC
54 moments here
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…
Ali ibn Abi Talib
from 600 to 661
21 moments here
Ali ibn Abi Talib was the fourth Rashidun caliph (656–661), cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, and first Shia Imam.…
Ashoka
from 304 BC to 249 BC
12 moments here
Ashoka was the third Mauryan emperor, ruling most of the Indian subcontinent from approximately 268 to 232 BCE.…
Augustus
from 63 BC to 14
51 moments here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Catherine II of Russia
from 1729 to 1796
60 moments here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…
Charlemagne
from 761 to 814
72 moments here
Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
from 1500 to 1558
31 moments here
Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…
Cleopatra
from 69 BC to 30 BC
27 moments here
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (born early 69 BC, possibly late 70 BC; died 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt.…
Constantine the Great
from 272 to 337
96 moments here
Roman emperor from 306 to 337. Born at Naissus, Constantine served under Diocletian and Galerius in the eastern empire, joined his father in Britain,…
Cyrus the Great
from 559 BC to 529 BC
7 moments here
Cyrus II, commonly called Cyrus the Great, was king of Anshan and founder of the Achaemenid Empire.…
Diana, Princess of Wales
from 1961 to 1997
55 moments here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Elizabeth I
from 1533 to 1603
36 moments here
Elizabeth I (1533–1603), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death.…
Elizabeth II
from 1926 to 2022
78 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Empress Dowager Cixi
from 1835 to 1908
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Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Genghis Khan
from 1162 to 1227
20 moments here
Born Temüjin, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire. His documented movements span the Onon and Kherlen riverlands,…
Hadrian
from 76 to 138
18 moments here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Julius Caesar
from 100 BC to 44 BC
50 moments here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Justinian I
from 482 to 565
7 moments here
Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565, noted for the Corpus Juris Civilis, extensive building programs, religious policy, and campaigns that…
Lord Byron
from 1788 to 1824
46 moments here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Louis XIV
from 1638 to 1715
16 moments here
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…
Marcus Aurelius
from 121 to 180
18 moments here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Napoleon Bonaparte
from 1769 to 1821
68 moments here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Peter the Great
from 1672 to 1725
36 moments here
Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…
Moments
- 1281 BC Campaigns into Nubia as crown prince Ramesses II
- 559 BC Accession at Pasargadae Cyrus the Great
- 343 BC Studied at Mieza Alexander the Great
- 268 BC Returns to Pataliputra and takes power Ashoka
- 238 BC Travels to the former Qin capital Qin Shi Huang
- 82 BC Hides in the Sabine country Julius Caesar
- 57 BC Settled at Ephesus during exile Cleopatra
- 47 BC Assumes the toga of manhood Augustus
- 101 Accompanies Trajan in the First Dacian War Hadrian
- 138 Move into Hadrian's imperial residence Marcus Aurelius
- 293 Lives at Diocletian's court Constantine the Great
- 518 Resides at the Palace of Hormisdas Justinian I
- 616 Public prayer after conversion Umar ibn al-Khattab
- 622 Stayed in Mecca as Muhammad's decoy Ali ibn Abi Talib
- 761 Campaigns with Pepin in Aquitaine Charlemagne
- 1167 Defends Alexandria Saladin
- 1171 Taken to the Khongirad Genghis Khan
- 1501 Childhood residence at Mechelen Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1521 Encircles Belgrade Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1547 Household at Chelsea Elizabeth I
- 1556 Enthronement at Kalanaur Akbar
- 1642 Lives at Lal Mahal in Pune Shivaji
- 1651 Fronde crisis in Paris Louis XIV
- 1682 Exile at Preobrazhenskoye Peter the Great
- 1739 Meets future Peter III at Eutin Catherine II of Russia
- 1779 Enrolls at school in Autun Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1806 Residence at Burgage Manor Lord Byron
- 1852 Entry into the Forbidden City Empress Dowager Cixi
- 1926 Baptised at Buckingham Palace Elizabeth II
- 1961 Baptism at St Mary Magdalene Church Diana, Princess of Wales