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A number of heads of state and heads of government have taken their own lives, either while in office or after leaving office.National leaders who take their own lives while in office generally do so because their leadership is somehow threatened – for instance, by a coup or an invading army.
Leader of Tecumseh's Confederacy: Tecumseh's Confederacy: 1813–1824 Canada: Napoleon: Emperor of the French France: 1814–1815 Elba: 1815–1821† Saint Helena: Sri Vikrama Rajasinha: King of Kandy Kingdom of Kandy: 1815–1832† Vellore Fort, British India: Baji Rao II: Peshwa Maratha Confederacy: 1818–1851† Bithur, British India ...
Such parties contradicted classical republican principles of virtuous leaders acting in the public interest rather than selfish gain. Nevertheless, parties emerged in the mid-1790s in the form of the Federalist Party led by Alexander Hamilton , versus the Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison .
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
This polled the opinion of British specialists in American history and politics to assess presidential performance. They also gave an interim assessment of Barack Obama, but his then-unfinished presidency was not included in the survey. (Had he been included, he would have attained eighth place overall.) [21]
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Caamaño was one of the leaders in the movement to restore the democratically elected president Juan Bosch, who had been overthrown in a military coup d'état in September, 1963. He briefly became President before being removed by an invasion launched by the United States, who were fearing another Communist state in the Caribbean
One of the tallest rulers in history was Serb Dusan the Mighty who was King of Serbia (1331–1345) and later Tsar of Serbs, Greeks, and Bulgarians (1346–1355). He was 214 cm tall, in that time the average height was 165-170cm, so he searched all over Europe to find 101 men over 2 meters tall to be part of his personal guard.