Abd al-Majid Sultan of Turkey

Standard Name: Abd al-Majid,, Sultan of Turkey
Used Form: Abdulmecid, Sultan of Turkey

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Other Life Event Florence Nightingale
Queen Victoria wrote to her during the war, and after the peace spoke highly of her achievements abroad. The monarch sent her a personal letter and an engraved, enameled, and jeweled brooch designed by the...

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23 October 1853: The Sultan of Turkey declared war on Russia;...

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23 October 1853

The Sultan of Turkey declared war on Russia; Turkish troops subsequently moved into the Danubian Principalities. This conflict began the Crimean War.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Seaton, Albert. The Crimean War: A Russian Chronicle. B. T. Batsford, 1977.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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