Sam Maverick who gave us a word for independence left this Texas fortress 4 days before the slaughter

This future French leader's 1934 book The Army of the Future helped inspire the Blitzkrieg--oops!

Cosimo de Medici was Pater Patriae translating to this title also held by a famous American

In a painting by Ilya Repin he's the ruler lamenting having just killed his own son

As Charles II's mistress this ex-actress is said to have encouraged the founding of Chelsea Hospital

On January 22 1901 she died at Osborne House her seaside home on the Isle of Wight

In 1206 he drew up a code the Great Yasa which laid down basic Mongol law

In 1668 this Jesuit (without Joliet) founded Sault Ste. Marie the first permanent white settlement in Michigan

This leader of the French Revolution wounded himself in the jaw with a pistol on the same day he was guillotined

The Turks call this magnificent sultan Kanuni or The Lawgiver

During World War II the Allies referred to him as The Paperhanger

Originally named Temujin this founder of the Mongol Empire took a title which means universal monarch

John Ehrlichman best known as an advisor to this president later became an exec at a hazardous waste firm

Suspecting that a baron was in love with his wife this Russian poet dueled him; bad move -- he was killed

Chile's liberator he was born the illegitimate son of an Irish-born Spanish officer

The famous pirate Jean Lafitte became a hero when he fought in the Battle of New Orleans during this war

This king of Hawaii was so Great that he appears on Hawaii's state seal

Paul Revere's father left France to avoid persecution as a member of this Protestant group

18th century garden designer Capability Brown originally had this first name like Guinevere's lover

Ferenc Rakoczi II led a 1703 Hungarian revolt against this Austrian ruling family

Ogadai had some big stirrups to fill when he succeeded this man as supreme Mongol

(Cheryl at the Waldorf-Astoria) This rocking chair was the very one owned by this American President

Born in 1725 he created scandals in his home of Italy & in France made love to a lot of women & died in 1798

This 3-time Democratic Presidential candidate was called The Boy Orator of the Platte

England's King Charles II was given this jovial sobriquet maybe because he had at least 13 mistresses