Top 10 People from the Isms and Revolutions
1. Prince Clemens von Metternich
2. Karl Marx
3. Louis Philippe
4. Charles Darwin
5. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
6. Giuseppe Mazzini
7. Count Cavour
8. Giuseppe Garibaldi
9. Otto von Bismarck
10. Alexander II
- Clemens von Metternich an aristocrat and the foreign minister of Austria
- 1773-1859
- Metternich was a major leader in the Holy Alliance and the fight against liberal movements, responsible for the issuing of the Carlsbad Decrees, and believed in a pessimistic view of human nature, which only a strong government could control.
2. Karl Marx
- Karl Marx was a journalist and economist who developed his own socialist ideas to form Marxism.
- 1818-1883
- Marx co-wrote The Communist Manifesto, and is known as the “father of communism”.
3. Louis Philippe
- Louis Philippe succeeded Charles X on the throne of France, and ruled for 18 years.
- 1773-1850
- Louis Philippe disappointed the revolutionaries who elected him; he led a “bourgeois monarchy,” by allowing mostly aristocratic authority and extreme lack of political progress.
4. Charles Darwin
- Charles Darwin was one of the most famous evolutionary philosophers of his time, and became famous for describing exactly how evolution occured through natural selection.
- 1809-1882
- Darwin’s work, summarized in his work On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection (1859), had an immense impact on society at the time and brought science into the spotlight once again.
5. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
- Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was the successor for Napoleon I, and was the president of the French Second Republic.
- 1778-1846
- Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was also the King of Holland where at one point he ended up losing control and was exiled in France.
6. Giuseppe Mazzini
- Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian patriot and a famous advocate for nationalism in Italy.
- 1805-1872
- Mazzini founded Young Italy in an attempt to unify the Italian states, was famous for writing The Duties of Man, and believed that nationalism was best achieved through laboring for one’s country.
7. Count Cavour
- Count Cavour was the prime minister of Piedmont.
- 1810-1861
- Cavour was the founder of the original Liberal Party and his success as the Prime Minister led Piedmont through many wars.
8. Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general and politician.
- 1807-1882
- Along with 3 other men, he was considered to be one of the “fathers of the fatherland”. Garibaldi was the center of the Italian Risorgimento.
9. Otto von Bismarck
- Otto von Bismarck was a German statesman who controlled much of Europe’s borders until 1890.
- 1815-1898
- After several successful wars, Bismarck ended up unifying Prussia, Austria and other German states to create the German Empire.
10. Alexander II
- Alexander II was the Emperor of Russia until his assassination.
- 1818-1881
- He was also the King of Poland and Grand Prince of Finland. To help Russia overcome their troubles, Alexander II sold Alaska to the United States.