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Substances used, particularly in surgery, to prevent or arrest putrefaction.
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Sultan of Turkey from 1603 to 1617; A. II., from 1691 to 1695; A. III., from 1703 to 1730, who gave asylum to Charles XII. of Sweden after his defeat by the Czar at Pultowa.
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Sultan of Turkey in 1876, brother to Abdul-Aziz, and his successor; under him Turkey has suffered serious dismemberment, and the Christian subjects in Armenia and Crete been cruelly massacred; b. 1842.
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Sultan, father of the two preceding, in whose defence against Russia England and France undertook the Crimean war (1823-1861).
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Surnamed Dame de beauté, mistress of Charles VII. of France (1409-1450).
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The last king of the Jews of the Asmonean dynasty; put to death in 77 B.C.
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Surnamed the Great, king of Asturias, ascended the throne in 866, fought against and gained numerous victories over the Moors; the members of his family rose against him and compelled him to abdicate, but on a fresh incursion of the Moors he came forth from his retreat and triumphantly beat them back; died in Zamora, 910.
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