Mahmud II
1785 CE–1839 CE · Constantinople
Mahmud II was an Ottoman ruler who carried out sweeping centralizing reforms after coming to power in 1808. In 1826 he abolished the Janissary corps in an episode known as the 'Auspicious Incident,' removing a longstanding obstacle to modernization. His reign saw the independence of Greece and the effective autonomy of Egypt under Muhammad Ali, but also reforms of the army, administration, and dress that prefigured the later Tanzimat. He died in 1839.
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Abdulhamid I, Selim III, Mustafa IV, Abdulmecid I, Abdulaziz
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- Louis-Philippe I· 1773 CE–1850 CE
- Radama I· 1793 CE–1828 CE
- José de San Martín· 1778 CE–1850 CE
- Bernardo O'Higgins· 1778 CE–1842 CE
- Ranjit Singh· 1780 CE–1839 CE
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt· 1769 CE–1849 CE
- Klemens von Metternich· 1773 CE–1859 CE
- Daoguang Emperor· 1782 CE–1850 CE
- Minh Mang· 1791 CE–1841 CE
- Pedro I of Brazil· 1798 CE–1834 CE
- John Quincy Adams· 1767 CE–1848 CE
- Shaka· 1787 CE–1828 CE
- William Henry Harrison· 1773 CE–1841 CE
- Zachary Taylor· 1784 CE–1850 CE
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