Osman III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1699)
Osman III (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث Osmān-i sālis; 2 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.
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Battle of Rossbach
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