Russo-Turkish Wars 1568–1918

Key battles

• Battle of Molodi (1572)
• Battle of Grocka (1739)
• Siege of Ochakov (1788)
• Battle of Rymnik (1789)
• Battle of Focșani (1789)
• Siege of Izmail (1790)
• Siege of Plevna (1877)
• Battle of Shipka Pass (1877)
• Battle of Nikopol (1877)
• Battle of Aladzha (1877)
• Battle of Gorni Dubnik (1877)

Who lived through the Russo-Turkish Wars

Well-known people alive during 1568–1918:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) — dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955) — German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
• Karl Marx (1818–1883) — German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) — founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) — president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) — Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) — Russian author (1828–1910)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) — leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
• Charles Darwin (1809–1882) — English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885) — French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) — Dutch painter (1853–1890)
• Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) — Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
• Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) — English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Winston Churchill (1874–1965) — British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) — German philosopher (1844-1900)

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