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  • 1Battle of Fatehpur (1519) — some Mughuls had come to Sind in the reign of Jám Feróz and settled there with the permission of the Jám. Among them were Kíbak Arghún who had left Sháhbeg’s party owing to a murder he had committed that side, and Mír Kásim Kíbakí, who was a sort …

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  • 2arm — I. n. 1. Anterior limb, anterior member. 2. Branch, bough, limb, projection, projecting part. 3. Inlet (of the sea), estuary, firth, frith, fiord, cove, creek. 4. Power, might, strength, puissance. 5. (Mil.) Branch of the service (as artillery or …

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  • 3German (Catholic) League —     German (Catholic) League     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► German (Catholic) League     Only three years before the League was established, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (d. 1651), who was afterwards its leading spirit, declared against the… …

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  • 4Beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses — The beliefs and practices of Jehovah s Witnesses are based on the Bible teachings of its founder, Charles Taze Russell and his successors, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Nathan Homer Knorr. Since about 1976 they have also been based on decisions… …

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  • 5Kahahana — Infobox Monarch name =Kahahana of Oahu title =King of Ookinaahu caption = reign =1773 1783 full name =Kahahana a Elani ? predecessor =Kumahana successor =Kingdom annexed to Maui father =Elani mother =Kaionuilalahai|Kahahana (1758 1783) was the… …

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  • 6Janos Hunyady —     János Hunyady     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► János Hunyady     (JOHN)     Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456; the heroic defender of the Catholic Faith against the advance of the Osmanli; father of King Matthias I… …

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  • 7Abraham Lincoln: A War to Preserve the Union — ▪ Primary Source       After the surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, Lincoln immediately issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 soldiers to suppress the insurrection. At the same time he called for a special session of Congress to… …

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  • 8Henry V — 1. 1086 1125, king of Germany 1106 25 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1111 25 (son of Henry IV). 2. 1387 1422, king of England 1413 22 (son of Henry IV of Bolingbroke). 3. (italics) a drama (1598 99) by Shakespeare. * * * born Sept. 16?,… …

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  • 9Haymarket affair — Haymarket bombing redirects here. For the 2007 car bombs in London, see 2007 London car bombs. Haymarket Martyrs Monument U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 10Callistus II —     Pope Callistus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Callistus II     Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is signalized by the termination of the Investiture controversy which, begun in the… …

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