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91Emperor Ai of Han — (27 BC ndash;1 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor Cheng, who was childless, and he reigned from 7 BC to 1 BC.The people and the officials were initially …
92Muhammad Ali's seizure of power — The process of Muhammad Ali s seizure of power in Egypt was a long three way civil war between the Ottoman Turks, Egyptian Mamluks, and Albanian mercenaries. It ended in victory for the Albanians led by Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769 1849). The war… …
93Suraj Mal of Bharatpur — Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707 ndash;1763) (Devanagari:महाराजा सूरज मल) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as the Plato of the Jat people and by a modern writer as the Jat Ulysses , because… …
94Bionicle Legends — is the third book series based in the Bionicle universe. It is currently ongoing, and covers the events that are occurring in the storyline s 2006 2008 story arc. It follows the Bionicle Adventures series; but as Adventures is almost exclusively… …
95Ysandre de la Courcel — is the Queen of Terre d Ange in Jacqueline Carey s Kushiel s Legacy saga, a member of House Courcel and thereby a direct descendant of Elua. For further information on the royalty of Terre d Ange see House Courcel.During Kushiel s Dart Ysandre is …
96Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou — ((北)周宣帝) (559 580), personal name Yuwen Yun (宇文贇), courtesy name Qianbo (乾伯), was an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou. He was known in history as an erratic and wasteful ruler, whose actions greatly weakened the Northern Zhou… …
97snap — snapless, adj. snappable, adj. snappingly, adv. /snap/, v., snapped, snapping, n., adj., adv. v.i. 1. to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle. 2. to click, as a mechanism or the jaws or teeth coming together. 3. to move …
98Adonias — • Fourth son of King David, and Adonias the Levite are discussed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adonias Adonias † …
99Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre — • This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the feast of St. Bartholomew), and in the provinces of France during the ensuing weeks, and it has been the subject of knotty historical disputes Catholic …
100The Thirty Years War — The Thirty Years War † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… …
