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OTHO II. 61 OTIS the same king against his revolted vassal, Hugh the Great, defeated the Danes, and again invaded Bohemia. He was then engaged for 10 years in war vith the Hungarians, and finally defeated them at Leek. Berenger having usurped the title of Emperor of Italy, Otho entered Rome, where he was crowned Emperor by John XII. That pontiff afterward leagued with Berenger, on which Otho caused him to be deposed, and put Leo VIII. in his place, in 963. On the em- peror's return to Germany, the Romans revolted and imprisoned Leo; for which Otho again visited Rome, which he be- sieged and restored Leo. He next turned his arms against Nicephorus, Emperor of the East, whose army he defeated. John Zimisces, the successor of Niceph- orus, made peace with Otho, who died in 973. OTHO II., surnamed the Bloody; born in 955, succeeded Otho I., his father, in 973. His mother, Adelaide, opposed his accession, her party proclaiming Henry, the Duke of Bavaria, emperor. Otho ex- pelled his mother from the court, de- feated Henry, repulsed the Danes and Bohemians, and afterward marched into Italy to expel the Saracens, but he fell ill at Rom.e, where he died in 983. OTHO III.; born in 980; succeeded Otho II., his father, in 983. The empire was administered during his minority by his grandmother Adelaide, conjointly with the Archbishop of Cologne, At the age of 16 he assumed the reins of gov- ernment, and went to Italy, which was in a state of confusion, owing to the op- position of different Popes. Otho having re-established order, returned into Ger- many, and made Boleslas King of Poland. He was obliged again to pass into Italy to quell a revolt, but died soon after- ward, in 1002. OTHO IV., called the Superb, was the son of Henry, Duke of Saxony, and chosen emperor in 1208. He was excom- municated by the Pope for seizing the lands which the Countess Matilda be- queathed to the Holy See. In 1212 the princes of the empire elected Frederic, King of Sicily, in the room of Otho, who, after struggling against his rival till 1215, resigned his crown to him, and re- tired to Brunswick. He died in 1218. OTHO, KING OF GREECE. 2d son of Louis I., King of Bavaria; born in Salz- burg, July 1, 1815. At 17 years of age he _was invited by the Greeks to become their monarch, and this proposition be- ing acceded to by the governments of Great Britain, France, and Russia, in a treaty concluded in London in May, Vol. VII — cyc 1832, Otho was accordingly declared King of Greece in January, 1833, and, in June, 1835, on his attaining the age of 20, he assumed the reins of govern- ment. Otho, however, soon became un- popular with his subjects, owing to his selection of Bavarians as his cabinet ad- visers, and, also, to the strong pro-Ger- man sympathies he continually mani- fested. After a stormy and inglorious reign of 30 years, Otho abdicated the throne, Oct. 20, 1862, and fled the coun- try, which was then in a state of insur- rection against the royal authority. He died in Bamberg, Bavaria, July 26, 1867. OTHO. MARCUS SILVIXJS, a Roman emperor; born in Rome, A. D. 32. After Nero's death, he attached himself to Galba, but that emperor having adopted Piso as his heir, Otho excited an insur- rection, murdered Galba and Piso, and ascended the throne in 69. He was op- posed by Vitellius, who was supported by the German army, and in a battle between the two rivals near Bedriacum, Otho was defeated, on which he slew himself, after reigning three months. OTIS, ELWELL STEPHEN, an American military officer; born in Fred- erick, Md., March 25, 1838; was gradu- ated at Rochester (N. Y.) University in 1858, and began the study of law. "When the Civil War broke out, he entered the volunteer service as captain in the 140th New York Infantry. He took an active part in the battle of Gettysburg. At the battle of the Wilderness, he commanded as lieutenant-colonel the picket line of the 5th Corps, which brought on the en- gagement. At Spottsylvania the regi- ment lost its colonel and Otis succeeded to the command. He was severely wounded near Petersburg, Oct. 1, 1864, and was disabled for duty. He was dis- charged from the volunteer service Jan. 24, 1865, with the brevet rank of Briga- dier-General. In 1866 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 22d United States Infantry, and became colonel of the 20th Infantry in 1880. From 1867 to 1881 he served with the army in the West against the Indians. In 1881 he organized the School of Infantry and Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. ; Nov. 28, 1893, was promoted to the full rank of Brigadier-General. On Dec. 1 of the same year he was assigned to the com- mand of the Department of the Columbia, with headquarters at Vancouver, and in 1897 was transferred to the Department of Colorado. On May 28, 1898, he was appointed Major-General of volunteers and assigned to duty in command of the Department of the Pacific, and as mili- tary governor of the Philippines, which