Can you name the worst 100 Tyrants of all time? by Deutsche_Mike

Can you name the worst 100 Tyrants of all time?

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Source: Cawthorne, Nigel. 100 Tyrants: History's Most Evil Despots and Dictators. London: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2010.
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Position	Name	Years in Power/Years Alive
Pharaoh of Egypt		Reigned from 1353 BC - 1336 BC
King of Assyria		Reigned from 704 BC - 681 BC
Tyrant of Athens		Reigned from 669 BC - 660 BC
Last King of Rome		Reigned from 534 BC - 509 BC
Tyrant of Samos		Reigned from 540 BC - 522 BC
King of Macedonia		Lived from 356 BC - 323 BC
Emperor of China		Reigned from 246 BC - 210 BC
King of Judaea		Reigned from 40 BC - 4 BC
Emperor of Rome		Reigned from 44 BC - AD 14
Emperor of Rome		Reigned from AD 37 - AD 41
'Empress' of Rome		Mother of Nero. Lived AD 15 - AD 59
Emperor of Rome		Reigned from AD 59 - AD 68
Emperor of Rome		Reigned from AD 81 - AD 96
King of the Huns		Lived from AD 406 - AD 453
Queen of the Franks		Becomes Queen in AD 568. Dies in AD 595.
Empress of China		Reigned from AD 655 - AD 705
Caliph of Baghdad		Reigned from AD 786 - AD 809
Regent of Russia		Reigned from AD 945 - AD 969
Ruler of the Mongols		Ruled from 1195 - 1227
King of England		Lived from 1167 - 1216
King of Castile		Reigned from 1349 - 1369
Ruler of Samarkand		Ruled from 1370 - 1405
Duke of Milan		Duke from 1395 - 1402
Grand Inquisitor of Spain		Lived from 1420 - 1498
Count of Wallachia		Lived from 1431 - 1476
King of England		Reigned from 1483 - 1485
Cardinal of Rome		Lived from 1475 - 1507
Conqueror of the Incas		Lived from 1475 - 1541
Conqueror of the Aztecs		Lived from 1485 - 1547
King of England		Reigned from 1509 - 1547
Queen of England		Reigned from 1553 - 1558
Regent of France		Lived from 1519 - 1589
Tsar of Russia		Reigned from 1547 - 1584
Ruler of Japan		Lived from 1536 - 1598
Tsar of Russia		Lived from 1551 - 1605
Countess of Transylvania		Lived from 1560 - 1614
King of England		Reigned from 1625 - 1649
Mughal Emperor		Reigned from 1658 - 1707
Tsar of Russia		Reigned from 1682 - 1725
Shah of Persia		Lived from 1688 - 1747
King of Prussia		Reigned from 1713 - 1740
Tsarina of Russia		Reigned from 1762 - 1796
King of England		Reigned from 1760-1820
Sultan of Mysore		Reigned from 1784 - 1799
King of France		Reigned from 1774 - 1793
Tsar of Russia		Reigned from 1796 - 1801
Revolutionary French Leader		Lived from 1758 - 1794
Dictator of Paraguay		Reigned from 1814 - 1840
Emperor of France		Reigned from 1804 - 1814 and 1815. Died in 1821.
Dictator of Mexico		Reigned from 1822 - 1823

Position	Name	Years in Power/Years Alive
Kings of Bavaria (Only One Needed)		Reigned from 1825 - 1848 and from 1864 - 1886
Chief of the Zulu		Reigned from 1816 - 1828
Dictator of Argentina		Lived from 1793 - 1877
King of Naples and Sicily		Reigned from 1830 - 1859
Warlord of China		Lived from 1814 - 1864
Emperor of Ethiopia		Reigned from 1855 - 1868
Dictator of Paraguay		Reigned from 1863 - 1870
President of Venezuela		Reigned from 1870 - 1889
King of Belgium		Reigned from 1865 - 1909
Kabaka of Buganda (Modern Day Uganda)		Lived from 1868 - 1903
Dictator of Mexico		Reigned from 1876 - 1911
Dowager Empress of China		Reigned from 1861-1889 and from 1895-1908.
Emperor of Germany		Reigned from 1888 - 1918
Leader of the USSR		Ruled from 1921 - 1924
President of Korea		Ruled from 1948 - 1960
President of Argentina		Ruled from 1946 - 1955 and from 1973 - 1974.
Leader of the USSR		Ruled from 1924 - 1953
Dictator of Italy		Ruled from 1924 - 1943
Ruler of China		Ruled from 1928 - 1947
Fuhrer of Germany		Ruled from 1933 - 1945
Ruler of Portugal		Ruled from 1932 - 1968
Dictator of the Dominican Republic		Ruled from 1930 - 1938 and from 1942 - 1952
Dictator of Spain		Ruled from 1939 - 1975
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party		Ruled from 1949 - 1976
Dictator of Nicaragua		Ruled from 1937 - 1947 and from 1951 - 1956.
Ruler of Iran		Lived from 1900 to 1989
Dictator of Cuba		Ruled from 1940 - 1944 and from 1952 - 1959
President of South Vietnam		Ruled from 1955 - 1963
President of Indonesia		Ruled from 1949 - 1959 and from 1963 - 1968.
President of Haiti		Ruled from 1957 - 1971
Leader of Albania		Ruled from 1944 - 1985
President of Ghana		Ruled from 1951 - 1966
Leader of North Korea		Ruled from 1948 - 1994
Dictator of Paraguay		Ruled from 1954 - 1989
President of Chile		Ruled from 1974 - 1990
President of the Philippines		Ruled from 1965 - 1986
Dictator of Romania		Ruled from 1952 - 1989
President of the Central African Republic		Ruled from 1966 - 1979
President of Uganda		Ruled from 1971 - 1979
President of Zimbabwe		Ruled from 1970 - 2009
President of Cuba		Ruled from 1959 - 2008
Dictator of Guatemala		Ruled from 1982 - 1983. Ran for Presidency in 2003.
Leader of Cambodia		Ruled from 1975 - 1979 and from 1982 - 1985.
Dictator of the Congo		Ruled from 1965 - 1997
Ruler of Ethiopia		Ruled from 1977 - 1991
President of Iraq		Ruled from 1979 - 2003
President of Serbia		Ruled from 1989 - 2000
President of Libya		Ruled from 1969 - 2011
Dictator of Chad		Ruled from 1982 - 1990
Dictator of Liberia		Ruled from 1980 - 1990

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100 Tyrants Quiz

by Deutsche_Mike

Created Nov 27, 2011 in History
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	Retracto:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 01:30 GMT	2 points
	I'm used to the Civ IV spelling of "Qin Shi Huang Ti" (or just Qin Shi Huang). Couldn't think of Stroessner's name! Just kept thinking, uh, the guy with the Spanish first name and German last name... (brainfreeze)

	Sesel:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 07:28 GMT	1 point
	Source?

	Fojin:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 12:39 GMT	2 points
	"Friedrich Wilhelm" needs to be accepted for Frederick William.

	AutonomusPlebian:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 12:40 GMT	1 point
	George III actually reigned until 1820

	Aaron_Kashtan:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 13:31 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz, but you need to accept Qin Shi Huang Di and Wu Zetian.

	Ivan82:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 13:32 GMT	2 points
	Would be interesting to see a source. Why should for example William II. or Fidel Castro be among the 100 worst tyrants of all time? Marcos and Peron weren't that bad either.

	johnlk:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 16:32 GMT	2 points
	You need to accept more alternative spellings.

	johnlk:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 16:35 GMT	3 points
	I don't see how anyone could see Louis XVI as a worse tyrant than Louis XIV or XV.

	johnlk:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 16:38 GMT	1 point
	Anastasio Somoza Garcia is Somoza, not Garcia.

	carbon_rod:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT	2 points
	Also accept Akhenaten for Akhenaton. Personally, putting George III on this list makes me leery of the criteria, if any, used to create this list.

	profxyz:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT	1 point
	Accept Gian Galeazzo, Timur, Shi Huangdi, Hong Xiuquan (Hung Hsiu-Chuan), Cixi (Tzu-hsi) as answers please! And also had to laugh at some of the answers (no fault of the guy who made the quiz obviously) - George III, Charles I, and Richard III as tyrants? Most of their contemporaries wouldn't even have tolerated the very concept of a Parliament...

	etienne4:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 21:49 GMT	1 point
	you should accept "Cixi" for the Empress Dowager of China; she also effectively ruled until her death in 1908.

	apollon:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 22:24 GMT	1 point
	Louis XVI wasn't a tyrant at all. johnlk is right, XIV and XV were much worse. And when you spell it "Wilhelm II", then you need to accept "Friedrich Wilhelm" for "Frederick William" as well. Also "Tarquinius" for "Tarquin".