The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
RULERS OF NATIONS.
Men and Women Who Have Reisned
Over Governments.
Of Thirty-Seven SuItans But Four
Have Died Violent Deaths
Kings and Their Reigns.


ola Pierola He was elected in 1895.
The ancient monarchs of India We're
called palibothri, from the name OF
their Capital City.
For over 400 years every Parthian
King bore the name of Arsaces in ad-
dition to his own.
The Huns number in their annals
four great Kings, Attila, Bieda, Elac
and Dengezic.
The Visigoths in Spain, from Alaric
in 49, A. D., to Roderic, in 100, had
thirtyfour Kings.
Salvador is g, Republic, and its Pres
ident is General Gutierrez whose term
of office began in June, 1894.
The Bey of Tunis is Sid Ali Pasha.
| His office is merely nominal, as Tunis
has now been declared a French prov
ince.
Some English genealogists pretend
that there is a family line of union
connecting Queen Victoria with Alfred
| the Great
The first King of the Vandals was
Gunderic, who assembled the throne in
406 A D. Their last King was Cell
mer, 541-534
Kenneth became sole King of Scot
land in S34. From his time to the ac-
cession of James VI. Scotland had
forty four Kings.
The name Agag, mentioned in Jewish
| history as that of an Amalekite King,
was used in common by all sovereigns
of that country.
The present reigning Prince of Bull
garia is Prince Ferdinand, whose com
mission dates from 1887, and his term
expires at the wish of the Car.
The proudest imperial house in the
world was that of the Abbassides, who
in the course of their history furnished
no less than fifty-two caliphs.
Until the past few months NADIA
gascar had Queen, Ranavalona III.
She began to reign in 1888, and was
deposed upon the French occupation.
Unless a revolution has very recently
taken place in Chile, the President is
Admiral Jorge Montt, whose term of
office began December %, 1891.
Liberia does not cut a very imposing
figure among the nations. nevertheless,
has a President j. j. Cheeseman, whose
term of office began January ?, 1892.
Prussia has had, including the pres
emit King, who is also German Emperor,
seven Kings The royal house of Ho-
henzClern was established by F'reder-
lex William of Brandenburg in 1101.
The present King of Norway and
| Sweden, Oscar H.. assembled the throne
September IS, 1872. Including the pres
ent King. Norway and Sweden have
enjoyed forty-seven sovereigns.
The present King of Italy is King
Humbert, who assembled the throne jan
uary 8, 1878. Victor Emmanuel. his
father, assembled the throne of Sardinia
in 1S49, and became King of Italy
| March Z, 1861
The present King of Corea is named
Ii Chung, without any chang attach
ment to his cognongen. He assembled
the throne in 1864, and will remain
there until the Russians or japanese
| drive him off.
From the time of{Julius Caesar to
that of Constantine the Great the pop
ular name for a Roman Emperor was
Caesar: after the reign of Constantine
the sobriuuet in the Eastern Empire
was Constantine.
The present head of the Swiss Con-
federation is President Joseph Temp,
whose term began in 1894, December
18th The Swiss Confederation of Au-
gust /, 1891, is regarded as the founda-
ton of the Swiss Republic.
The house of Bourbon furnished
Kings to France, Spain and Naples and
sovereign Dukes to Parma. At one
time it was said that the humblest
member of this royal family was more
influential than Prince of any other.
The present King of Greece is George
| in
Ohio l.. Prince of Bavaria, was elected
King Of the Greek Assembly May {,
1892 From his accession to the pres
ent, Greece has had but two Kings.
The present King of Servia, Alexan-
der T. was elevated to the throne in the
place of his disreputable father, in 1889.
He was born in 1876, and is now a sturdy
youth, who, it is said, gives promise of
being quite as disreputable as ex-King
Milan ever was.
The present Ameer of Afghanistan is
Abdur Rahman Kahn, who assembled the
throne in 1889. 1t is little known fact
that Afghanistan once had Greek En-
peror, it being comprised within the linn
it's of the territory conquered by Alex
ander the Great.
The present King of Belgium is Leo
pold IL, who assembled the throne De-
cember II, 1866 The Kings of Bel
GUM are successors to the Princes of
Orange. the first being Philibert, who
succeeded to the throne in 1862; for a
long time they were known as Stadt-
holders.
The last elected President of Brazil
was Dr. Prudente de Moraes, whose term
began November 10, 1894. The empire
of Brazil was peaceable secession from
Portugal Two Emperors ruled over
Brazil, the last Dom Pedro, being ex-
PEELED by his people in 1889.
Mohammed, the founder of Islam, is
not reckoned among the Caliphs, being
'the prophet The first Calph was
Omar l.. who assembled the throne by
virtue of election in 634 From that
time until the defeat and death of Al
Mostasem, in 1913. fifty-five Caliphs
ruled.
The present King of Portugal is Car
los l. He assembled the throne October
10. 1929 Portugal has had since 1895
when it's independent existence began
thirty-two Kingston of the house OF
Burgundy, eight of the house of Avis
and fourteen of the present reigning
house of Bragenza.
When Constantinople was last heard
from the Sultan of Turkey was Abdul
Hamid IL He assembled the throne in
1876 Since the accession of Gilman or
Ottoman, who founded and gave his
name to the empire in 1888 there have
been thirty-seven Sultans, of whom but
four met violent death.
The Roman empire from the accession
of Augustus, b. C. u, to the division in
2Q1 had cerentv three E,mnernrs A Utter