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 Britain
   802 - 924 Kingdom of Wessex (West Saxons)

     King:
     802 - 839: Egbert
     839 - 856: Aethelwulf
     856 - 860: Aethelbald
     860 - 866: Aethelbert
     866 - 871: Aethelred I
     871 - 899: Alfred the Great
     899 - 924: Edward the Elder
   925 - 1603 Kingdom of England
     King or Queen:
     925 - 939: Athelstan
     939 - 946: Edmund I
     946 - 955: Edred
     955 - 959: Edwy
     959 - 975: Edgar
     975 - 978: Edward the Martyr
     978 - 1013: Aethelred II
     1013 - 1014: Sweyn Forkbeard
     1014 - 1016: Aethelred II (restored)
     1016 - 1016: Edmund II Ironside
     1016 - 1035: Canute
     1035 - 1040: Harold I
     1040 - 1042: Hardecanute
     1042 - 1066: Edward the Confessor
     1066 - 1066: Harold II
     1066 - 1087: William I the Conqueror
     1087 - 1100: William II
     1100 - 1135: Henry I
     1135 - 1154: Stephen
     1154 - 1189: Henry II
     1189 - 1199: Richard I the Lionheart
     1199 - 1216: John
     1216 - 1272: Henry III
     1272 - 1307: Edward I
     1307 - 1327: Edward II
     1327 - 1377: Edward III
     1377 - 1399: Richard II
     1399 - 1413: Henry IV
     1413 - 1422: Henry V
     1422 - 1461: Henry VI
     1461 - 1470: Edward IV
     1470 - 1471: Henry VI (restored)
     1471 - 1483: Edward IV (restored)
     1483 - 1483: Edward V
     1483 - 1485: Richard III
     1485 - 1509: Henry VII
     1509 - 1547: Henry VIII
     1547 - 1553: Edward VI
     1553 - 1558: Mary I
     1558 - 1603: Elizabeth I
   1603 - Today Great Britain and the United Kingdom
     King or Queen:
     1603 - 1625: James I
     1625 - 1649: Charles I
     1653 - 1658: Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)
     1658 - 1659: Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)
     1660 - 1685: Charles II
     1685 - 1688: James II
     1689 - 1694: William III and Mary II
     1694 - 1702: William III
     1702 - 1714: Anne
     1714 - 1727: George I
     1727 - 1760: George II
     1760 - 1820: George III
     1820 - 1830: George IV
     1830 - 1837: William IV
     1837 - 1901: Victoria
     1901 - 1910: Edward VII
     1910 - 1936: George V
     1936 - 1936: Edward VIII
     1936 - 1952: George VI
     1952 -         : Elizabeth II

 

 Chaldea
   625 BC - 539 BC Chaldean Empire

     King:
     625 BC - 605 BC: Nabopolassar
     605 BC - 562 BC: Nebuchadrezzar II
     556 BC - 539 BC: Nabonidus
     539 BC: Now part of the Persian Empire
  


 Egypt
   ... - 525 BC Egyptian Empire

     Pharaoh:
     664 BC - 610 BC: Psamtik I
     610 BC - 595 BC: Necho II
     595 BC - 589 BC: Psamtik II
     589 BC - 570 BC: Apries
     570 BC - 526 BC: Amasis (Ahmose II)
     525 BC: Now part of the Persian Empire

 

 France
   ... - 1792 Monarchy

     King:
     1461 - 1483: Louis XI
     1483 - 1498: Charles VIII

    
1643 - 1715: Louis XIV
     1715 - 1774: Louis XV
     1774 - 1792: Louis XVI
  
   1792 - 1804 First Republic

    
   1804 - 1814 First Empire
     Emperor:
     Napoleon I Bonaparte

   1814 - 1848 Monarchy
     King:
    
1814 - 1824: Louis XVIII
     1824 - 1830: Charles X
     1830 - 1848: Louis-Philippe
  
   1848 - 1852 Second Republic
    
   1852 - 1870 Second Empire
     Emperor:
     Napoleon III
  
   1870 - 1940 Third Republic

    
   1940 - 1944 Vichy France
    
   1944 - 1946 Provisional Government
    
   1946 - 1959 Fourth Republic
    
   1959 - Still in effect    Fifth Republic
      President:
     
1959 - 1969: Charles de Gaulle 

Germany
   800 - 1806 Holy Roman Empire
     Emperor:
     800 - 962 Carolingian Empire    
     800 - 814: Charlemagne    
     962 - 1806 Ottonian Empire 
     962 - 973: Otto I the Great
     973 - 983: Otto II
     983 - 1002: Otto III
     1002 - 1024: Henry II
     1024 - 1039: Conrad II
     1039 - 1056: Henry III
     1056 - 1105: Henry IV
     1105 - 1125: Henry V
     1125 - 1137: Lothair II
     1138 - 1152: Conrad III
     1152 - 1190: Frederick I
     1190 - 1197: Henry VI
     1198 - 1208: Philip
     1208 - 1212: Otto IV
     1212 - 1250: Frederick II
     1250 - 1254: Conrad IV

     1273 - 1291: Rudolf I
     1292 - 1298: Adolf of Nassau
     1298 - 1308: Albert I
     1308 - 1313: Henry VII
     1314 - 1346: Louis IV
     1346 - 1378: Charles IV
     1378 - 1400: Wenceslaus
     1400 - 1410: Rupert
     1410 - 1437: Sigismund
     1438 - 1439: Albert II
     1440 - 1493: Frederick III
     1493 - 1519: Maximilian I
     1519 - 1558: Charles V
     1558 - 1564: Ferdinand I
     1564 - 1576: Maximilian II
     1576 - 1612: Rudolf II
     1612 - 1619: Mathias
     1619 - 1637: Ferdinand II
     1637 - 1657: Ferdinand III
     1658 - 1705: Leopold I
     1705 - 1711: Joseph I
     1711 - 1740: Charles VI

     1742 - 1745: Charles VII
     1745 - 1765: Francis I
     1765 - 1790: Joseph II
     1790 - 1792: Leopold II
     1792 - 1806: Francis II

   1919 - 1933 Weimar Republic
     President:
     1919 - 1925: Friedrich Ebert
     1925 - 1933: Paul von Hindenburg


Lydia
   680 BC - 546 BC Kingdom of Lydia / Lydian Empire
     
King:
     
680 BC - 652 BC: Gyges

                  - 610 BC: Sadyattes
      610 BC - 560 BC: Alyattes
      560 BC - 546 BC: Croesus
      546 BC: Now part of the Persian Empire


Media
   ... BC - 550 BC Kingdom of Media / Median Empire
     
King:
      625 BC - 585 BC: Cyaxares
      585 BC - 550 BC: Astyages
      550 BC: Now part of the Persian Empire
 

Naples
   ... - 1799 Kingdom of Naples
     
King:
     
1759 - 1799: King Ferdinand IV
   1799 January 24 - June 13 Parthenopean Republic
      French General Jean Étienne Championnet
   1799 - 1816 Kingdom of Naples
     
King:
     
1799 - 1806: Ferdinand IV
      1806 - 1808: Joseph Bonaparte
      1808 - 1815: Joachim Murat
      1815 - 1816: Ferdinand IV
   1816 - 1860 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
     
King:
     
1816 - 1825: Ferdinand I
      1825 - 1830: Francis I
      1830 - 1859: Ferdinand II



Netherlands

   1795 - 1806 Batavian Republic


Parthia
   250 BC - 224 AD Parthian Empire

      King:
     
250 BC - 211 BC: Arsaces I

      213 AD - 224 AD: Artabanus V
      224 AD: Now Sasanian Empire



Rome

For Holy Roman Empire look under Germany
  
Kingdom of Rome 753 BC - 509 BC
    
King:
     ...   
- 535 BC: Servius Tullius
     534 - 509 BC: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
   Roman Republic 509 BC - 27 BC
   Dictator:
  
82 - 79 BC Sulla
   46 - 44 BC Julius Caesar
      

  
Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD
     Emperor:
     27 BC - 14 AD Augustus
     14 - 37 Tiberius
     37 - 41 Caligula
     41 - 54 Claudius
     54 - 68 Nero
     68 - 69 Galba
     69        Otho
     69        Vitellius
     69 - 79 Vespasian
     79 - 81 Titus
     81 - 96 Domitian
     96 - 98 Nerva
     98 - 117 Trajan
     117 - 138 Hadrian
     138 - 161 Antoninus Pius
     161 - 180 Marcus Aurelius

     180 - 192 Commodus
     193 - 193 Pertinax
     193 - 211 Septimius Severus
     211 - 217 Caracalla
     217 - 218 Macrinus
     218 - 222 Elagabalus
     222 - 235 Severus Alexander
     235 - 238 Maximinus
     238 - 244 Gordian III
     244 - 249 Philip
     249 - 251 Decius
     251 - 253 Gallus
     253 - 253 Aemilian
     253 - 260 Valerian
     260 - 268 Gallienus
     268 - 270 Claudius II Gothicus
     270 - 270 Quintillus
     270 - 275 Aurelian
     275 - 276 Tacitus
     276 - 276 Florian
     276 - 282 Probus
     282 - 283 Carus
     283 - 284 Numerian

West Roman Empire

East Roman Empire
Also called
Byzantine Empire 312 -  1453
 

     286 - 305 and 306 - 308 Maximian
     305 - 306 Constantius I Chlorus
     306 - 307 Severus
     306 - 312 Maxentius
 

     284 - 305 Diocletian
     305 - 311 Galerius
     308 - 324 Licinius

     312 - 337 Constantine I the Great  
     337 - 340 Constantine II  
     337 - 350 Constans I  
     337 - 361 Constantius II 
     350 - 353 Magnentius  
     361 - 363 Julian  
     363 - 364 Jovian  
 

     364 - 375 Valentinian I
     375 - 383 Gratian
     375 - 392 Valentinian II
 
     364 - 378 Valens
     365 - 366 Procopius
 

     379 - 395 Theodosius I
 

     395 - 423 Honorius
     421 - 421 Constantius III
     425 - 455 Valentinian III
     455 - 455 Petronius Maximus
     455 - 456 Avitus 
     457 - 461 Majorian
     461 - 467 Libius Severus
     467 - 472 Anthemius
     472 - 472 Olybrius
     473 - 474 Glycerius
     474 - 475 Julius Nepos
     475 - 476 Romulus Augustulus
     476: Now Kingdom of Odoacer
 
     395 - 408 Arcadius
     408 - 450 Theodosius II
     450 - 457 Marcian
     457 - 474 Leo I
     474 - 474 Leo II
     474 - 491 Zeno
     491 - 518 Anastasius I
     518 - 527 Justin I
     527 - 565 Justinian I (the Great)
     565 - 578 Justin II
     578 - 582 Tiberius II Constantinus
     582 - 602 Maurice
     602 - 610 Phocas
     610 - 641 Heraclius
     641 - 641 Constantine III
     641 - 641 Heracleonas
     641 - 668 Constans II Pogonatus
     668 - 685 Constantine IV
     685 - 695 Justinian II Rhinotmetus
     695 - 698 Leontius
     698 - 705 Tiberius III
     705 - 711 Justinian II
     711 - 713 Philippicus Bardanes
     713 - 715 Anastasius II
     716 - 717 Theodosius III
     717 - 741 Leo III
     741 - 775 Constantine V Copronymus
     775 - 780 Leo IV
     780 - 797 Constantine VI
     797 - 802 Irene
     802 - 811 Nicephorus I
     811 - 811 Stauracius
     811 - 813 Michael I
     813 - 820 Leo V
     820 - 829 Michael II
     829 - 842 Theophius
     842 - 867 Michael III
     867 - 886 Basil I
     886 - 912 Leo VI
     912 - 913 Alexander
     913 - 919 Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
     919 - 944 Romanus I Lecapenus
     944 - 959 Constantine VII
     959 - 963 Romanus II
     963 - 963 Basil II Bulgaroktonos
     963 - 969 Nicephorus II Phocas
     969 - 976 John I Tzimisces
     976 - 1025 Basil II
     1025 - 1028 Constantine VIII
     1028 - 1034 Zoe and Romanus III Argyrus
     1034 - 1041 Zoe and Michael IV
     1041 - 1042 Zoe and Michael V
     1042 - 1042 Zoe and Theodora
     1042 - 1050 Zoe, Theodora, and
                         Constantine IX
     1050 - 1055 Theodora and Constantine IX
     1055 - 1056 Theodora
     1056 - 1057 Michael VI Stratioticus
     1057 - 1059 Isaac I Comnenus
     1059 - 1067 Constantine X Ducas
     1067 - 1068 Michael VII Ducas
     1068 - 1071 Romanus IV Diogenes
     1071 - 1078 Michael VII Ducas
     1078 - 1081 Nicephorus III Botaniates
     1081 - 1118 Alexius I Comnenus
     1118 - 1143 John II Comnenus
     1143 - 1180 Manuel I Comnenus
     1183 - 1185 Alexius II Comnenus
     1185 - 1195 Isaac II Angelus
     1195 - 1203 Alexius III Angelus
     1203 - 1204 Isaac II and Alexius IV
     1204 - 1204 Alexius V Ducas
     1204 - 1222 Theodore I Lascaris
     1222 - 1254 John III Vatatzes
     1254 - 1258 Theodore II Lascaris
     1258 - 1261 John IV Lascaris
     1261 - 1282 Michael VIII Palaeologus
     1282 - 1328 Andronicus II Palaeologus
     1328 - 1341 Andronicus III Palaeologus
     1341 - 1376 John V Palaeologus
     1376 - 1379 Andronicus IV Palaeologus
     1379 - 1390 John V Palaeologus
     1390 - 1390 John VII Palaeologus
     1390 - 1391 John V Palaeologus
     1391 - 1425 Manuel II Palaeologus
     1425 - 1448 John VIII Palaeologus
     1449 - 1453 Constantine XI Palaeologus
     1453: Now Ottoman Empire


Russia

   Golden Horde
     Khan:
     1227 - 1241: Ögödei
 
    1241 - 1255: Batu

 
    1313 - 1341: Öz Beg


Turkey
   Ottoman Empire
     Sultan:
     1444 - 1446: Mehmed II

     1451 - 1481: Mehmed II
     1481 - 1512: Bayezid II
     1512 - 1520: Selim I the Grim
     1520 - 1566: Sulayman I the Magnificent


United States

     President:
     1789 - 1797: George Washington
 
    1797 - 1801: John Adams
 
    1801 - 1809: Thomas Jefferson
 
    1809 - 1817: James Madison
 
    1817 - 1825: James Monroe
 
    1825 - 1829: John Quincy Adams
     1829 - 1837: Andrew Jackson
 
    1837 - 1841: Martin Van Buren
 
    1841 - 1841: William Henry Harrison
 
    1841 - 1845: John Tyler
 
    1845 - 1849: James Knox Polk
 
    1849 - 1850: Zachary Taylor
 
    1850 - 1853: Millard Fillmore
 
    1853 - 1857: Franklin Pierce
 
    1857 - 1861: James Buchanan
 
    1861 - 1865: Abraham Lincoln
 
    1865 - 1869: Andrew Johnson
 
    1869 - 1877: Ulysses S. Grant
 
    1877 - 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes
 
    1881 - 1881: James A. Garfield
 
    1881 - 1885: Chester A. Arthur
 
    1885 - 1889: Grover Cleveland
 
    1889 - 1893: Benjamin Harrison
 
    1893 - 1897: Grover Cleveland
 
    1897 - 1901: William McKinley
 
    1901 - 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
 
    1909 - 1913: William H. Taft
 
    1913 - 1921: Woodrow Wilson
 
    1921 - 1923: Warren G. Harding
 
    1923 - 1929: Calvin Coolidge
 
    1929 - 1933: Herbert C. Hoover
 
    1933 - 1945: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 
    1945 - 1953: Harry S. Truman
 
    1953 - 1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
    1961 - 1963: John F. Kennedy
 
    1963 - 1969: Lyndon B. Johnson
 
    1969 - 1974: Richard M. Nixon
 
    1974 - 1977: Gerald R. Ford
 
    1977 - 1981: Jimmy Carter
 
    1981 - 1989: Ronald W. Reagan
 
    1989 - 1993: George H.W. Bush
 
    1993 - 2001: Bill Clinton
 
    2001 -         : George W. Bush


 

 

 


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