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Béhanzin

1844 - 1906

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Béhanzin (c. 1845 – 10 December 1906) is considered the eleventh (if Adandozan is not counted) King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin. Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. Following his father Glele's suicide, Béhanzin ascended the throne in January 1890 and ruled until 1894, when he was defeated by the French in the Second Franco-Dahomean War and exiled to Martinique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béhanzin has received more than 211,334 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Béhanzin is the 10,719th most popular politician.

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  • 210k

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  • 51.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Béhanzin ranks 10,719 out of 15,577Before him are Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Amastrine, Krešimir I of Croatia, Hugo Preuß, Sirajuddin of Perlis, and Philopappos. After him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Louis Beel, Richard of Salerno, Shi Lang, King Hui of Zhou, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Béhanzin ranks 58Before him are Garret Hobart, Wilhelm Leibl, Ivan Yarkovsky, Jenny Longuet, Tivadar Puskás, and Gustave Schlumberger. After him are Catherine Breshkovsky, James Guillaume, Kuroki Tamemoto, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Konstantin Savitsky, and Sanford B. Dole. Among people deceased in 1906, Béhanzin ranks 39Before him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Kodama Gentarō, Giuseppe Giacosa, Étienne Carjat, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ernst Josephson. After him are Carlos Pellegrini, Kosta Khetagurov, Carl Schurz, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Jean Cabanis, and Johann Dzierzon.

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