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Alexander: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 12, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 15, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 01, 2023
	Deleted Web site: Alexander at Find-A-Grave.	Yamini Chauhan	Nov 06, 2013
	Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Biography of Alexander Jagellon.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 07, 2013
	Article revised and updated.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Sep 30, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998