In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg
This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered
In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland
This country's King Louis IV was nicknamed "Louis from Overseas" because he was raised in England
William Laud, an archbishop of this who opposed the Puritans, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1645
The first of this Mongol conqueror's many wives was Borte, to whom he was betrothed as a child
Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony
The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650
In 1949 this city became the capital of the Nationalist Chinese government
In 1599 Richard & Cuthbert Burbage built this famous theatre