Political Leaders in Brussels
The atlas holds 13 people and 20 moments here, from 1815 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Victor Hugo, Karl Marx and Ronald Reagan.
Notable people
Victor Hugo
from 1837 to 1871
5 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Karl Marx
from 1845 to 1848
2 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Ronald Reagan
from 1985 to 1988
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Friedrich Engels
from 1845 to 1848
2 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Napoleon Bonaparte
in 1815
1 moment 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…
Winston Churchill
in 1894
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Lord Byron
in 1816
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1972
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1989
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1927
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Kofi Annan
in 2005
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1911
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Li Keqiang
in 2019
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Moments
- 1815 Commands at Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1816 Journey through Belgium Lord Byron
- 1837 Travels through Belgium Victor Hugo
- 1845 Move to Brussels Friedrich Engels
- 1845 Moves into exile in Brussels Karl Marx
- 1848 Flight and arrest Friedrich Engels
- 1848 Arrested in Brussels Karl Marx
- 1851 Flees into exile in Brussels Victor Hugo
- 1852 Lives at the Maison du Pigeon Victor Hugo
- 1862 Returns to Brussels for Les Misérables Victor Hugo
- 1871 Expelled from Belgium Victor Hugo
- 1894 Visits Waterloo battlefield Winston Churchill
- 1911 First Solvay Conference Ernest Rutherford
- 1927 Congress of Oppressed Nationalities Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1972 Visit to Belgium Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1985 Briefs NATO in Brussels Ronald Reagan
- 1988 Attends Brussels NATO summit Ronald Reagan
- 1989 NATO summit in Brussels George H. W. Bush
- 2005 International Conference on Iraq Kofi Annan
- 2019 China-EU summit Li Keqiang