Major Figures

An impressive array of leaders, heroes, villains, and thinkers defined the 1800s. Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Victoria, and President Lincoln exerted profound influence. Samuel Morse, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell forever changed the world. And unique voices, such as Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and Phineas T. Barnum, dazzled the world with storytelling, wit, and showmanship.