Political Leaders in London
The atlas holds 39 people and 139 moments here, from 1374 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Indira Gandhi, Peter Paul Rubens and Montesquieu.
Notable people
Indira Gandhi
from 1966 to 1969
2 moments here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1629
2 moments here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Montesquieu
from 1729 to 1730
2 moments here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Thomas Hobbes
from 1651 to 1660
2 moments here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1984 to 1999
2 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Joseph Stalin
in 1907
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
Thomas Jefferson
in 1786
1 moment here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1862
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1977
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John Adams
in 1785
1 moment here
American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…
Simón Bolívar
in 1810
1 moment here
Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1937
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Shinzo Abe
in 2007
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Li Keqiang
in 2014
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…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1989
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Moments
- 1805 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Lord Byron
- 1809 First seat in the House of Lords Lord Byron
- 1809 Departure for the Continent Lord Byron
- 1810 Meets Wellesley at Apsley House Simón Bolívar
- 1812 Luddite speech in the House of Lords Lord Byron
- 1812 Catholic-emancipation speech Lord Byron
- 1843 Visit to German communists Friedrich Engels
- 1845 Research journey to London Friedrich Engels
- 1845 Studies and meets Chartists in London Karl Marx
- 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Conducts I masnadieri premiere Giuseppe Verdi
- 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx
- 1849 Refugee reunion Friedrich Engels
- 1849 Arrives as an exile in London Karl Marx
- 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
- 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
- 1862 Diplomatic visit to England Otto von Bismarck
- 1864 Moves to Modena Villas Karl Marx
- 1864 Joins the First International's founding meeting Karl Marx
- 1870 Move to Regent's Park Road Friedrich Engels
- 1875 Conducts Requiem in London Giuseppe Verdi
- 1875 Moves to 41 Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
- 1883 Marx funeral eulogy Friedrich Engels
- 1883 Dies at Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
- 1888 Studies at University College London Mahatma Gandhi
- 1888 Trains for the bar at Inner Temple Mahatma Gandhi
- 1888 Enters Harrow School Winston Churchill
- 1891 Leaves London after qualifying Mahatma Gandhi
- 1895 Death in London Friedrich Engels
- 1901 Makes maiden Commons speech Winston Churchill
- 1902 Worked in the British Museum Reading Room Vladimir Lenin
- 1902 Moved to London with Iskra Vladimir Lenin
- 1903 Second RSDLP Congress in London Vladimir Lenin
- 1905 Schooling at Harrow Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1905 Third RSDLP Congress in London Vladimir Lenin
- 1907 Attends the Fifth RSDLP Congress in London Joseph Stalin
- 1908 Returned to the British Museum Vladimir Lenin
- 1908 Marries at St Margaret’s Winston Churchill
- 1910 Legal studies in London Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1930 First overseas tour: England Helen Keller
- 1931 Lives at Kingsley Hall Mahatma Gandhi
- 1932 Third trip abroad: England Helen Keller
- 1936 European journey with Polly Thomson Helen Keller
- 1937 Emergency operation in London Ernest Rutherford
- 1938 Worked at the London embassy John F. Kennedy
- 1939 Attended Parliament's war speeches John F. Kennedy
- 1939 Returned to wartime London John F. Kennedy
- 1940 First meeting with Churchill Charles de Gaulle
- 1940 Free French headquarters at Carlton Gardens Charles de Gaulle