~2800 - 2500 BC - Gilgamesh of Sumeria
~1792 - 1750 BC - Hammurabi of Babylon
1279 - 1213 BC - Ramses II of Egypt
~825 BC - Dido of Phoenicia
559 - 530 BC - Cyrus of Persia
~530 BC - Tomyris of Scythia
~ 490 - 480 BC - Gorgo of Greece
461 - 429 BC - Pericles of Greece
336 - 323 BC - Alexander of Macedon
321 - 297 BC - Chandragupta of India
247/05/07 - 221 BC - Qin Shi Huang of China
~ 57 - 54 BC - Ambiorix of Gaul
51 - 30/08/11 BC - Cleopatra of Egypt
49 - 44/03/15 BC - Julius Caesar of Rome
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1 BC - 20 - Amanitore of Nubia
98/01/27 - 117/08/08 - Trajan of Rome
248 - Bà Triệu of Vietnam
527/04/01 - 548/06/28 - Theodora of Byzantium
632 - 647 - Seondeok of Korea
682 - 741/02/11 - Lady Six Sky of the Maya
690/10/16 - 705/02/21 - Wu Zetian of China
~925 - Kupe of the Maori
976/01/10 - 1025/12/15 - Basil II of Byzantium
1046 - 1066/09/25 - Harald Hardrada of Norway
1137/04/09 - 1189/06/06 - Eleanor of Aquitaine of England / France
1152/03/04 - 1190/06/10 - Frederick Barbarossa of Germany
1174 - 1193/03/04 - Saladin of Arabia
1184/03/27 - 1213/01/18 - Tamar of Georgia
1181 - 1218 - Jayavarman VII of the Khmer
1206 - 1227/08/18 - Genghis Khan of Mongolia
1235 - 1255 - Sundiata Keita of Mali
1260/05/05 - 1294/02/18 - Kublai Khan of China / Mongolia
1268/04/18 - 1284/04/20 - Hojo Tokimune of Japan
1306/03/25 - 1329/06/07 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland
1312 - 1337 - Mansa Musa of Mali
1328 - 1350 - Gitarja of Indonesia
1384/10/16 - 1399/07/17 - Jadwiga of Poland
1402/07/17 - 1424/08/12 - Yongle of China
1418/09/19 - 1450/04/08 - Sejong of Korea
1440 - 1469 - Montezuma of the Aztec
1438 - 1472 - Pachacuti of the Inca
1458/01/24 - 1490/04/06 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
1509 - 1543 - Mvemba a Nzinga of Kongo
1520/09/30 - 1566/09/06 - Suleiman of the Ottomans
1521/12/13 - 1557/06/11 - João III of Portugal
1547/03/31 - 1559/07/10 - Catherine De Medici of France
1551 - 1557/04/29 - Lautaro of the Mapuche
1556/01/16 - 1598/09/13 - Philip II of Spain
1558/11/17 - 1603/03/24 - Elizabeth I of England
1600 - 1616 - Tokugawa of Japan
1624 - 1663 - Nzinga Mbande of Kongo
1632/11/06 - 1654/06/06 - Kristina of Sweden
1682/05/07 - 1725/02/08 - Peter of Russia
1736/03/08 - 1747/03/08 - Nader Shah of Persia
1816 - 1828/09/22 - Shaka of the Zulu
1819/02/24 - 1830/05/04 - Simón Bolívar of Gran Colombia
1831/04/07 - 1889/11/15 - Pedro II of Brazil
1837/06/20 - 1901/01/22 - Victoria of England
1861/03/04 - 1865/04/15 - Abraham Lincoln of America
1864/03/10 - 1886/06/13 - Ludwig II of Germany
1876 - 1885 - Poundmaker of the Cree
1896/07/11 - 1911/10/06 - Wilfred Laurier of Canada
1889/03/10 - 1913/12/12 - Menelik II of Ethiopia
1901/09/14 - 1909/03/04 - Teddy Roosevelt of America
1890/11/23 - 1948/09/04 - Wilhelmina of the Dutch
1921 - 1948/01/30 - Gandhi of India
1941/10/07 - 1945/07/05 - John Curtin of Australia

Dates are approximate and represent the start and end dates of the ruler's reign (if known).
Dates have no effect on gameplay and are provided for informative purposes only.