Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference |
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... king .. 5,403,006 Leopold II . , king 2,325,000 N. Campero , president . 10,108,291 Pedro II . , emperor ... 327,493 William , duke .. 1,965,474 Alexander I. , prince .. 2,136,724 Anibal Pinto , president . 434,600,000 Kwang - su ...
... king .. 5,403,006 Leopold II . , king 2,325,000 N. Campero , president . 10,108,291 Pedro II . , emperor ... 327,493 William , duke .. 1,965,474 Alexander I. , prince .. 2,136,724 Anibal Pinto , president . 434,600,000 Kwang - su ...
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... king ; and made to join his family in prison ... Preparations for war ; sir Robert Napier appointed com- mander of ... king's agents ; the European artisans and families sent to the British camp . 12 April , Part of the Abyssinian troops ...
... king ; and made to join his family in prison ... Preparations for war ; sir Robert Napier appointed com- mander of ... king's agents ; the European artisans and families sent to the British camp . 12 April , Part of the Abyssinian troops ...
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... king of Castile , were totally defeated by the Moors , 19 July , 1195 . Alaska , the name given to the Russian possessions in North America , purchased by the United States by treaty , 13 March , 1867 , for $ 7,200,000 , received 1 Aug ...
... king of Castile , were totally defeated by the Moors , 19 July , 1195 . Alaska , the name given to the Russian possessions in North America , purchased by the United States by treaty , 13 March , 1867 , for $ 7,200,000 , received 1 Aug ...
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... king.— Pliny says the emperor Caligula was the first who prepared natural arsenic , in order to make gold of it , but left it off , because the charge exceeded the profit . Zosimus wrote on the subject about 410 . The Arabians ...
... king.— Pliny says the emperor Caligula was the first who prepared natural arsenic , in order to make gold of it , but left it off , because the charge exceeded the profit . Zosimus wrote on the subject about 410 . The Arabians ...
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... kings , and bishops . Aaron was pendence of the king of Annam was recognized by France , the ports were opened to commerce , and toleration of the Christian religion was secured . King : Hoang - Nam succeeded his father , Thicutri ...
... kings , and bishops . Aaron was pendence of the king of Annam was recognized by France , the ports were opened to commerce , and toleration of the Christian religion was secured . King : Hoang - Nam succeeded his father , Thicutri ...
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