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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
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- 1837–1913
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Isabella II of Spain
Spain
1833–1868
Alexander II of Russia
Russia
1855–1881
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Austria
1848–1916
Wilhelm I
Prussia
1861–1888
William III of the Netherlands
Netherlands
1849–1890
Napoleon III
France
1852–1870
Victoria
Great Britain
1837–1901
Abdulaziz
Ottoman Empire
1861–1876
Tongzhi Emperor
China
1861–1875
Emperor Meiji
Japan
1867–1912
Luís I of Portugal
Portugal
1861–1889
Pope Pius IX
Papacy
1846–1878
Charles XV
Sweden
1859–1872
Emperor Kōmei
Japan
1846–1867
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