Key Figures of Asian Imperialism

Key Figures of Asian Imperialism

Imperialism: List of People

The era of imperialism in Asia was driven by powerful leaders and resisting visionaries. European expansion was spearheaded by figures like Queen Victoria and Robert Clive, while Asian leaders navigated colonization through varied means—from Emperor Meiji’s rapid modernization in Japan and King Chulalongkorn’s diplomacy in Siam to anti-colonial resistance led by Emilio Aguinaldo and Sun Yat-sen. Their actions reshaped the geopolitical landscape of modern Asia.

People

Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1711
1717
1725
1737
1760
1761
1773
1779
1782
1785
1789
1794
1801
1804
1811
1817
1819
1820
1821
1823
1830
1831
1831
1833
1833
1834
1835
1835
1837
1838
1839
1840
1842
1842
1843
1844
1844
1845
1848
1848
1849
1849
1852
1852
1852
1855
1856
1856
1858
1860
1861
1871
1883
1906

Timeline

Element
Year List of People
1711
Birth of Qianlong Emperor (Location: Beijing, China (then the Residence of Prince Yong, present-day Yonghe Temple))
1717
Birth of Mustafa III (Location: Edirne, Republic of Turkey)
1725
Birth of Abdul Hamid I (Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey)
1737
Birth of George Macartney (Location: Around Loughguile, County Antrim, present-day Northern Ireland. Believed to be at Lisanoure or its vicinity.)
1760
Birth of Jiaqing Emperor (Location: Old Summer Palace (present-day Beijing, China))
1761
Birth of Selim III (Location: Istanbul, Turkey (then Constantinople))
1773
Birth of William Amherst (Location: Bath, England, United Kingdom.)
1774
Death of Mustafa III
1779
Birth of Mustafa IV (Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey)
1782
Birth of Daoguang Emperor (Location: Beijing, China (near Xie Fang Dian inside the Forbidden City))
1785
Birth of Mahmud II (Location: Istanbul, Turkey)
1789
Death of Abdul Hamid I
Birth of Henry Pottinger (Location: Around Mount Pottinger, eastern Belfast, present-day Northern Ireland)
1794
Birth of Matthew Perry (Location: Newport, Rhode Island, United States)
1799
1801
Birth of Charles Elliot (Location: Dresden, Germany (then the Electorate of Saxony within the Holy Roman Empire))
1804
Birth of Townsend Harris (Location: Hudson Falls, New York, United States. Known at the time as Sandy Hill.)
1806
1808
Death of Selim III
Death of Mustafa IV
1811
Birth of James Bruce (Location: London, England, United Kingdom (around Park Lane))
1817
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Location: Tehran, Iran (present-day Tehran))
1819
Birth of The Bab (Location: Shiraz, Iran)
1820
Birth of William Howard Russell (Location: Tallaght, near Dublin, Ireland (now part of the Dublin suburban area).)
Death of Jiaqing Emperor
1821
Birth of Leon Pinsker (Location: Tomaszów Lubelski (present-day Lublin Voivodeship, Poland))
1823
Birth of Abdulmejid I (Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey)
1830
Birth of Abdulaziz (Location: Istanbul, Turkey)
1831
Birth of Subh-i-Azal (Location: Tehran, Iran (also argued to be Nur, Mazandaran Province))
Birth of Xianfeng Emperor (Location: Old Summer Palace, Beijing, China)
1833
Birth of Prince Gong (Location: Beijing, China)
Birth of Charles Gordon (Location: Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom)
1834
Birth of Mirza Malkam Khan (Location: New Julfa, Persian Empire (present-day New Julfa district, Isfahan, Iran))
1835
Birth of Robert Hart (Location: Portadown, Northern Ireland (located in present-day County Armagh).)
Birth of Empress Dowager Cixi (Location: Beijing, China)
1837
Birth of Kabayama Sukenori (Location: Takamibaba, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (formerly Kagoshima Castle Town, Satsuma Province))
1838
Birth of Yamagata Aritomo (Location: Kawashima, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
1839
Birth of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (Location: Asadabad, Iran (near Hamadan))
Death of Mahmud II
1840
Birth of Murad V (Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey)
1842
Birth of Abdul Hamid II (Location: Istanbul, Turkey (then Constantinople))
Birth of Oyama Iwao (Location: Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (formerly Kagoshima Castle Town, Satsuma Province))
1843
Birth of Ito Sukeyuki (Location: Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (formerly Kagoshima Castle Town, Satsuma Province).)
1844
Birth of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Location: Tehran, Persian Empire (present-day Tehran, Iran))
Birth of Mehmed V (Location: Istanbul, Turkey)
1845
Birth of Edmond James de Rothschild (Location: Boulogne-Billancourt (present-day Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France))
1848
Birth of Katsura Taro (Location: Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (formerly Haginoshita-Hiranakamachi, Nagato Province).)
Birth of Togo Heihachiro (Location: Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture)
1849
Birth of Max Nordau (Location: Budapest, Hungary (Pest at the time))
Birth of Nogi Maresuke (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (formerly Chofu Domain residence in Azabu, Edo))
1850
Death of The Bab
1852
Birth of Terauchi Masatake (Location: Hirai, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (formerly Hirai Village, Yoshiki District, Suo Province).)
Birth of Kodama Gentaro (Location: Kodamacho, Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (formerly Tokuyama Village, Tono District, Suo Province))
Birth of Emperor Meiji (Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture (Kyoto Imperial Palace).)
1855
Birth of Komura Jutaro (Location: Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture (formerly Obi Domain, Hyuga Province).)
1856
Death of Henry Pottinger
Birth of Tongzhi Emperor (Location: Beijing, China (Palace of Gathering Elegance inside the Forbidden City))
Birth of Ahad Ha'am (Location: Skvyra, Ukraine (located in present-day Kyiv Oblast))
1857
Death of William Amherst
1858
Birth of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (Location: Luzhki (present-day Vitebsk Region, northern Belarus))
1860
Birth of Theodor Herzl (Location: Budapest, Hungary (Pest at the time of his birth, Kingdom of Hungary in the Austrian Empire))
1861
Birth of Nahum Sokolow (Location: Wyszogród (present-day Masovian Voivodeship, Poland))
Death of Abdulmejid I
1863
Death of James Bruce
1866
Death of Matthew Perry
1871
Birth of Guangxu Emperor (Location: Prince Chun Residence (present-day Beijing, China))
1875
Death of Tongzhi Emperor
Death of Charles Elliot
1876
Death of Abdulaziz
1878
Death of Townsend Harris
1883
Birth of Prince Chun Zaifeng (Location: Prince Chun Residence (present-day Beijing, China))
1885
Death of Charles Gordon
1891
Death of Leon Pinsker
1892
Death of Baha'u'llah
1897
1898
Death of Prince Gong
1904
Death of Theodor Herzl
Death of Murad V
1906
Birth of Xuantong Emperor Puyi (Location: Beijing, China (Prince Chun Residence))
Death of Kodama Gentaro
1907
1908
Death of Guangxu Emperor
1911
Death of Robert Hart
Death of Komura Jutaro
1912
Death of Subh-i-Azal
Death of Emperor Meiji
Death of Nogi Maresuke
1913
Death of Katsura Taro
1914
Death of Ito Sukeyuki
1916
Death of Oyama Iwao
1918
Death of Abdul Hamid II
Death of Mehmed V
1919
1921
Death of 'Abdu'l-Baha
1922
1923
Death of Max Nordau
1927
Death of Ahad Ha'am
1934
Death of Togo Heihachiro
1936
Death of Nahum Sokolow
1951
1967

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