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Politician

person who seeks or holds a political office or mandate or is otherwise politically active

7 dated entries naming Politician, drawn from 7 separate years between 378 BCE and 1619 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century BC

  • 378 BCEThe Theban general and statesman, Epaminondas, takes command of Thebes. Pelopidas is elected boeotarch, or chief magistrate, of the city.source

1st century

  • 20Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman and governor of Syria (b. 44 BC)source

4th century

  • 320Xie An, statesman of the Jin Dynasty (d. 385)source
  • 367Murong Ke, Chinese general and statesman of Former Yansource
  • 385Xie An, statesman of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)source

10th century

  • 988Yelü Sha, Chinese general and statesmansource

17th century

  • 1619May 13 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague, after having been convicted of treason.source

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