t/^^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Shelf. ...W-C.-b UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. '^^^ w HuRsrs Dictionary of DateS; A THESAURUS PRINCIPAL EVENTS SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY^ KKUM THK Creation of Man TO THK Present Time Compilt d from the most authenlic sources, including such standard Authorities as Dk. Blair's " Chronology and History of the World;' Archbishop Usher's " Annales Vetcris ct Novi Testavieiiti," "L'Art de verifier Ics I Dates,' ' La Diographie Cenirale," " Vapereau," ^-— ■ " Haydn' s^Diftionary," Etc., Etc. y By H . Di WILLIAMS. REVISED EDITION^''^oFCO\f'3ft - New York : IIURST & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. \-^ A> ^ >l\ ^ THE LIBRARY or CONGRESS WASHINGTON COPTBIGHT, 1891, Bt HUEST & COMPANY. ABGYLE PRESS. Book Manufacturers, 365-267 Cherry bt., N. Xk PREFACE. This book now offered to the public is designed to be one for con- venient reference for students and literary men, and to give a general outline of the History of the World in the order of its progress, to those whose time and means will not allow them to spend months and years in acquiring even a limited knowledge of History by the study of more elaborate works. The author has endeavored to condense and arrange the contents of the book in the best manner to facilitate research and impress facts upon the memory. No effort has been spared to insure strict accuracy in regard to' the events here recorded. But to collect and arrange such a vast variety of information from so many sources with complete accuracy can hardly be expected. Every reader of History is aware that much which is recorded in ancient History is mythological or traditionary, hence the great discrep- ancy among historians as to the events they record. For this reason great caution has been observed to select facts only from such sources as are generally acknowledged reliable at the present day. The historical chart will be a valuable auxiliary to the work as the rise, progress and decline of the several nations of the earth may thus be easily traced. The names of the rulers recorded in the regal index tables may be found in other parts of the book at corresponding dates, and the same may be said in reference to the index table of Battles. The biographical index contains nearly 3,000 names of the principal persons mentioned in the book at corresponding dates, and this with the regal index will enable the reader to see what distinguished persons were contemporaries in different parts of the World's History. As no work of the kind has ever been offered to the public, the author trusts this will meet a great want, felt not only by historical students and writers, but by society at large. CONTENTS. Clironological Index Tables. FAQE I. Chronology of the Patriarchs 7 II, GoTcrnors and Judges of the Israelites 7 III. Kings of the Jews 7 IV. Kings of Judah 8 V. Kings of Israel 8 VI. Kings of Assyria before the Division 8 VII. Kings of Assyria 8 VIII. Kings of Babylon 9 IX. Kings of Media 9 X. Kings of the Persians 9 XL Kings of Egypt 9 XII. Kings in Greece 10 XIII. Kings of Macedon 10 XIV. Kings of Syria 11 XV. Princes and Kings of Judea, 11 XVI. Kings of Rome.... 12 XVII. Emperors of Rome 12 XVIII. Roman Emperors of the West 12 XIX. Roman Emperors of the East 13 XX. Kings of Italy 13 XXI. Kings of England 14 XXII. Kings of Scotland 15 XXIII. Kings of France 15 XXIV. Emperors of Germany 16 XXV. Kings of Spain 17 XXVI. Kings of Portugal 17 XXVII. Kings of Sweden 18 XXVIII. Kings of Denmark 18 XXIX. Sovereigns of Russia 39 XXX. Turkish Emperors 19 XXXI. Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg and Kings of Prussia..20 XXXII. Kings of Hungary 20 XXXIII. Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States 21 I»^IiT I. Ancient Synchronology— from th.e Creation of Man to the Christian Era— 4004 years. DIVIDED INTO TEN PERIODS. B. c. Period I. From the Creation, 4004 B. C. to the Deluge, 2348, ...1656 years. Period II. From the Deluge to the Call of Abraham, 1921, 427 Period III. From Abraham to the Exodus of the Israelites, 1491, 430 Period IV. From the Exodus to the Entrance into Canaan, 1451, 40 Period V. From the Entrance to the Kingdom of Saul, 1095,... 356 Period VI. From Saul to Solomon's Temple, 1004, 91 Period VII. From the Temple to the Babylonish Captivity,588...416 Period VIII. From the Captivity to Alexander the Great, 330, 258 Period TX. From Alexander to the Overthrow of Greece, 146, ...184 Period X. From the Overthrow of Greece to the Christian Era, 146 I»^?LI^T II. Modern Synclironology— from the Christian Era DIVIDED INTO TWELVE PERIODS. A. D. Period I. From the Christian Era to the Decline of the Roman Empire, 193. Period II. From the Decline to the Division of the Roman Empire, ...364. Period III. From the Division to the End of the Western Empire, 476. Period IV. From the beginning of the " Dark Ages " to the Hegira, ...626. Period V. From the Hegira to Charlemagne at Rome 80©. Period VI. From Charlemagne to AVilliam the Conqueror, 1066. Period VII. From William the Conqueror to the Ottoman Empire, 1299. Period VIII. From the Ottoman to the end of the Eastern Empire, 14S3 Period IX. From the end of the Eastern Empire to the Revolu- tion in England, 1688 Period X. From the Revolution in England to the American Rev- olution, 1776 Period XI. From the American Revolution to the Great Rebellion,. ..I860 Period XII. From the Great Rebellion Index Table op Battles. Biographical Index. CHRONOLOGICAL REGAL INDEX. THE PATRIARCHS. B.C. B. C. 4004 Creation of Adam and Eve. 2311 Birth of Salah. 3874 Birth of Seth. 2281 Birth of Eber. 3769 Birth of Enos. 2247 Birth of Peleg. 8679 Birth of Cainan. 2217 Birth of Reu. 3609 Birth of Mahalaleel. 2185 Birth of Serug. 3544 Birth of Jared. 2155 Birth of Nahor. 3382 Birth of Enoch. 2126 Birth of Terah. 3317 Birth of Methuselah. 1996 Birth of Abram. 3130 Birth of Lamech. 1921 Call of Abram 2948 Birth of Noah. 1896 Birth of Isaac. 2448 Birth of Japheth. 1836 Birth of Jacob. 2445 Birth of Shem. 1745 Birth of Joseph. 2348 The Flood. 1574 Birth of Aaron. 2846 Birth of Arphaxad. 1671 Birth of Moses. GOVERNORS AND *JUDGES OF THE ISRAELITES. 1491 Moses. ] 451 Joshua. 1405 Othniel. 1323 Ehud. 1305 Shamgar. 1285 Deborah and Barak. 1245 Gideon. 1236 Abimelech. 1232 Tola. 1210 Jair. 1188 Jephthah. 1182 Ibzan. 1175 Eton. 1165 Abdon. 1157 Eli. 1137 Samson. 1116 Samuel. * The History of the Judges differs with Chronologern. KINGS OF THE JEWS. 1095 Saul. 1055 David and Ishbosheth. 1048 David. 1015 Solomon. 975 Division of the Kingdoh KINGS OF JUDAH.-TWO TRIBES. B.C. 975 Kehoboam. 958 Abijam. 955 Asa. 914 Jehoshaphat 889 Jehoram. 885 Ahaziah. 884 Atbaliah. 878 Jehoasb. 839 Amaziab. 810 Azariab. 758 Jotbam. B. C. 742 Abaz. 727 Hezekiab. 698 Manasseh, 643 Amon. 641 Josiab. 610 Jeboabaz. 610 Jeboiakim. 600 Jeboiacbin. 598 Zedekiab. 688 Nebuchadnezzar Destrgts Jerusalem. KINGS OF ISRAEL. -TEN TRIBES. 975 Jeroboam I. 954 Nadab. 953 Baasba. 930 Ela. 929 Zimri. 929 Omri. 917 Abab. 897 Abaziab. 896 Jeboram. 884 Jebu. 856 Jeboabaz. 841 Jeboasb. ' 826 Jeroboam II, 773 Zacbariab. 772 Sballum. 772 Menabem. 761 Pekabiab. • 759 Pekab. 730 Hosbea. 721 Sbalmanezer, king of Assyria, takes Samaria. End of thh Kingdom of Israel. ^ASSYRIA. 2245 Nimrod founded Babylon. 2245 Asbur founded Nineveb. 2124 Belus reigned in Babylon. * Ancient Assyrian History obscure. 2059 Niuus united Nineveb and Bab- ylon, forming the Assyrian Empire. KINGS OF ASSYRIA BEFORE THE DIVISION. 2017 Semiramis.(?) 820 1937 Arabs seize Nineveb. 790 1446 Belocbus. 1433 Artossa. 1421 Belatores. 1183 Tutaeus. 1139 Tbingeus. 840 Sardanapalus.(?) Burned in his palace.(?) Pul.(?) After the death of Sardanapa- lus the Assyrian Empire ends, being divided into Assyrian, Babylonian, and Mediah Kingdoms. KINGS OF ASSYRIA. 747 Tiglath-pileser, called also Ar- baces. 728 Sbalmanezer 717 Sennacherib. 712 Esarbaddon. 680 Esarbaddon takes Babylon. KINGS OF BABYLON. B. C. B. C. 747 Nabonassar. 605 Nebuchadnezzar. 734 Merodac Baladan. 561 Evil Merodach. 680 Esarhaddon. 559 Neriglissar. 667 "Saosduchinus. 556 Laboi-osoarchod. 647 Chiniladon or Saracus. 555 Belsbazzar. 626 Nabopolassav. 538 Babylon taken by Cyrus KINGS OF MEDIA. 747 Arbaces governs without being declared king. 709 Dejoces.(?) 657 Phraortes. 634 Cyaxares I. 596 Scythians expelled. 595 Astyages. 559 Cyaxares II. or Darius. 536 Cyrus .the Great, forms Medo-Persian Empire. the KINGS OF THE PERSIANS. 559 Cyrus the Great. 529 Cambyses or Ahasuerus. 522 Smerdis or Artaxerxes. 621 Darius or Hystaspes. 486 Xerxes the Great. 465 Artaxerxes Longimanus. 425 Xerxes II. 425 424 Ochus or Darius Nothus. 404 Artaxerxes Mnemon. 361 Artaxerxes Ochus. 338 Arses. 336 Darius Codomanus. 330 Alexander the Great conquers Darius. End of the Persian Empire. KINGS OF EGYPT. From Misraim to Cambyses 616 Pharaoh Necho. 1663 tears. 600 Psammis. 2188 Misraim. (?) 594 Pharaoh Hophra. 2122 Athotes. 571 Apries strangled. 2111 Busiris founds Thebes. 571 Amasis. 2100 Osyraandyas. 525 Psammenitus. 2085 King Shepherds seize Egypt 525 Cambyses conquers Egypt. and reign 260 years. From the Revolt from Per- 1920 Pharaoh. sian Power to the Death of 1891 Syphoas. Alexander. 1822 Memnon invents letters. 414 AmyrtaeuH. 1821 Amenophis I. 408 Psammeticus. 1729 Potiphar. 396 Nephereus. 1680 Ilyksos, or shepherd liings, 389 Acoris. subjugate Egypt. 376 Psammuthis. 1577 Rameses Miamum. 375 Nectanebis. 1491 Pharaoh Amenophis. 363 Tachos. 1491 Sesostris. 362 Nectanebus. 1457 Pheron. 350 Conquered by Ochus, a Persian 1376 Sethos. king. 978 Sesac.(?) From *Ptolemy I. to Death 825 Petubastes. of Cleopatra. 737 Sebacon invades Egypt. 323 Ptolemy Soler. (?) 725 So. 285 Ptolemy Philadelphus. 670 Psammeticus. 247 Ptolemy Evergetes. *?tolemy the astroBoiuer fixes the reiiiu of Ptolemy oa the year 305. KINGS OF EGYPT, (Continued.) B. C 221 204 180 145 117 107 89 81 Ptoleiay Philopater. Ptolemy Epiphanes. Ptolemy Philometer. Physcon or Evergetes II. Lathyrus Soter and Cleopatra. Alexander and Cleopatra. Lathyrus. Alexander. B. C. 65 Ptolemy Auletes. 51 Ptolemy Dionysius and CleO' patra. 47 Ptolemy the younger and Cle- opatra. 43 Cleopatra alone. 30 Egypt BECOMES A Roman Prov- ince. ^GREECE. Teucer founded Saiamis. Neoptolemus Kiig of Epirus. EurysthenesandProcles kings of Lacedsemon. End of the Kingdom of My- CENE. End of the Kingdom of Sic- Y'ON. Codrus king of Athens. Bacchus king of Corinth. Laws of Lycurgus. Macedonia founded. (Vide Mac.) Cypselus king of Corinth. Solon Archon of Athens. Mycene in ruins. Pisistratus Master of Athens. Democracy at Athens. Leonidas king of Sparta. Abolition of the 400. Sparta ruling state in Greece. Theban supremacy ends in Greece. Alexander master of all Greece. Thrace annexed to Macedon. Achtean League formed. Antigonus' Gonatus master of Athens 12 years. Sparta joins the League. Achaean League totally de- feated. Corinth demolished. Greece becomes a Roman Province under name of ACHAIA. ♦Greece so called from Grsecns, a very ancient king. The years preceding the laws of Lycur- gus are not strictly historical, the events which distinguish them being commemorated chiefly bj' tradition and poetry. In the first periods of their history the Greeks were governed by mon- arcbs; and there were as many kings as there were cities. 2089 Sicyon founded by Egialus or 1176 Inachus. — (Eusebius. ) 1170 2042 Uranus arrives in Greece. (Lenglet.) 1104 1856 Inachus founded Argos. (Eu- sebius.) 17G4 Deluge of Ogyges. 1088 1711 City of Argos built by Argus. 1710 OEnotrus emigrates to Italy. 1068 1641 Criasus succeeds Argus. 935 1582 Chronology of the Arundelian 884 marbles. 814 1556 Cecrops founded Athens. 1552 Triopas king of Argos. 659 1520 Corinth built. 594 1516 Lelex founded Sparta. 668 1507 The Areopagus in Athens. 560 1506 Crotopas king of Argos. ^ 510 1.503 Deucalion. (Eusebius.) 491 1493 Cadmus founded Thebes. 409 1490 Lacedaemon fourth king of 404 Sparta. 362 1474 Danaus usurps the kingdom of Argos. 336 1457 Perseus builds Mycene. 335 1438 Pandion king of Athens. 284 1397 Sisyphus king of Corinth. 268 1383 Ceres in Attica. 1283 Jigaeus in Attica. 191 1266 (Edipus king of Thebes. 147 1263 Argonautic expedition. 1263 Adrastus king of Argos. 146 1213 Rape of Helen by Theseus. 1204 Rape of Helen by Paris. 1182 ^neas sails into Italy. KINGS OF MACEDON. 814 Caranus. 786 Coenus. 774 729 Thurimas. Perdiccas I. KINGS OF MACEDON, (Continued.) B. c. 678 Argseus I. 640 Philip I. 602 ^ropas. 576 Alcetas or Alectas. 647 Amyntas I. 497 Alexander I. 454 Peidiccas II. 413 Archelaus. 399 Amyntas II. 398 Pausanias. 397 Amyntas II. 390 Argaeus. 390 Amyntas II. 371 Alexander II. 370 Ptolemy Alorites. 366 Perdiccas III. 360 Philip II. 336 Alexander III. called the Great. B. C. 323 Philip Aridseus. 317 Cassander. 298 Alexander and Antipate** 294 Demetrius Poliorcetes. 287 Pyrrhus. 286 Lysimachus. 280 Ptolemy Ceraunus. Meleager 2 months. 278 Sosthenes. 277 Antigonus Gonatus. 242 Demetrius. 232 Antigonus Doson. 220 Philip. 179 Perseus. 168 End of the Kingdom of Mac- EDON. 148 Mackdon becomes a Roman Province. KING-S OF SYRIA. 312 Seleucus I. Nicator. 281 Antiochus I. Soter. 261 Antiochus II. Theus. 246 Seleucus II. Callinicus. 226 Seleucus III. Ceraunus. 223 Antiochus III. the Great. 187 Seleucus IV. Philopater. 175 Antiochus IV. Epiphanes. 164 Antiochus V. Eupator. 162 Demetrius I. Soter. 150 Alexander I. Balas. 145 Demetrius II. Nicator. 144 Antiochus VI. Theus. 143 Diodotus or Tryphon. 139 Antiochus VII, Sidetes. 130 Demetrius II. Nicator reestab- lished. 126 Alexander II. Zebina. 124 Seleucus V. 123 Antiochus VIII. Grypns. 97 Seleucus VI. Nicator. 93 Antiochus Eusebes. 92 Antiochus IX. Grypus. 91 Philip. 90 Demetrius Euchares. 85 Antiochus Dionysius. 83 Tigranes. 69 Antiochus Asiaticus. 65 Syria becomes a Roman Prov- ince. PRINCES OF JUDEA. CALLED THE MACCABEES, OR ASMONEAN PRINCES. 166 Judas Maccabeus, great-great- grandson of Asmoneus. 161 Jonathan. 143 Simon. 135 John Hyrcanus. KINGS OF JUDEA. 107 Aristobulus. 40 Antigonus. 106 Alexander Janneus. 37 Herod the Great. 79 Alexandra. 3 Archelaus. 70 Hyrcanus. A. D. 70 Aristobulus. 8 JUDEA BECOMES A 63 Hyrcanus restored. INC£. KINGS OF ROME. B. C B. C 753 Romulus builds Rome. 584 Tarquinius Superbus. 716 Interregnum of one year. 509 The Tarquins expelled. 715 Numa Pompilius. Consular Government begins. 672 TuUus Hostilius. and continues independent 46! 640 Ancus Martius. years, till the battle of Pharsa 616 Tarquinius Priscus. lia. 578 Servius TuUius. EMPERORS OF ROME. B. C A. D 45 *Juliu8 Caesar. 218 Heliogabalus. 44 Slain in the Senate House. 222 Alexander Severus. Anarchy. 285 Maximinus. 27 Augustus Caesar. 236 Gordian the Elder and his son A. D 286 Pupienus and Balbinus. 14 Tiberius. 238 Gordian the younger. 37 Caligula. 244 Philip. 41 Claudius. 249 Decius. 54 Nero. 251 Gallus. 68 Galba. 253 Emilianus 3 months. 69 Otho. 254 Valerian and Gallienus his son 69 Vitellius. 260 Gallienus alone. 70 Vespasian. 268 Claudius II. 79 Titus. 270 Quintilius 17 days. 81 Domitian. 270 Aurelian. 96 Nerva. 275 Tacitus 6 months. 98 Trajan. 275 Florianus 2 months. 117 Adrian. 276 Probus. 188 Antoninus Pius. 282 Carus. 161 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and 283 Carinus and Numerianus. Lucius Verus. 284 Diocletian. 170 Marcus Aurelius alone. 286 Diocletian and Maximian. 180 Commodus. 304 Constantius and Galerius. Declink of the Roman Empire. 306 Constantino the Great, 198 Pertinax. 337 Constantino II., Constantius 11, 193 Julian, 66 days. and Constans. 193 Septimius Severus. 361 Julian. 211 Caracalla and Geta. 363 Jovian, at whose death the 217 Macrinus. 364 Empire is Divided. * Jnlins Csesar being made perpetual Dictator, the Empire of the Caesars commences. ROMAN EMPERORS OF THE WEST. A. D . A. D 364 Valentinian. 455 Interregnum. 367 Valentinian and Gratian. 456 Majorian. 375 Valentinian 11. and Gratian. 461 Severus. 383 Valentinian II. alone. 467 Anthemius. 392 Eugenius. 472 Olybius. 394 Theodosius master of the whole 478 Glycerins. Roman Empire, which was di- 474 Julius Nepos. vided between his sons at his 476 Augustulus. death, Jan. 17, 395. 476 R^ome taken by Odoacer, at 595 Honorius. which event the 423 Valentinian III. Western Empire ends, and the 454 Petronius Maximus. Kingdom of Italy begins. 454 Avitus. ROMAN EMPERORS OF THE EAST. A. D. A. D 364 Valens, 959 378 luterregnum 5 months. 963 379 Theodosihs the Great. 969 395 Arcadius. 975 408 Theodosius II. 1025 450 Marcianus. 1028 457 Leo the Great. 1034 474 Leo IL 1041 474 Zeno. 1042 491 Anastatius I. 1042 518 Justin I. 1054 527 Justinian I. 1056 565 Justin II. 1057 578 Tiberius II. 1059 582 Maurice. 1067 602 Phocas. 1067 610 Heraclius. 1071 641 Constantine III. 641 Constans II. 1078 668 Constantine IV. 1081 685 Justinian II. 1118 695 Leontinus. 1143 698 Tiberius III. 1180 705 Justinian II. restored. 1183 711 Philip Bardanes. 1185 713 Anastatius II. 1195 716 Theodosius III. 1203 718 Leo III., the Isaurian. 741 Constantine V., Copronymus. 1204 775 Leo IV. 1204 780 Constantine VI. and Irene. 1206 797 Irene alone. 1217 802 Nicephorus I. 1220 811 Stauracius. 1228 811 Michael I. 813 LeoV. 1237 821 Michael II., the Stammerer. 1261 829 Theophihis. 1283 842 Michael III. 1328 867 Basil I., the Macedonian, 1341 886 Leo VI., the Philosopher. 1355 911 Alexander and Constantine 1391 VII., Porphyrogenitus. 1425 919 Romanus I., Lecapenus, Chris- 1448 topher, Stephen and Constan- 1453 tine VIII. 945 Restoration of Constantine VII. Romanus II. Nicephorus; Phocas II. John Zimisces. Basil II. and Constantine IX. Constantine alone Romanus III., Argyrus. Michael IV. the Paphlagonian Michael V., Calaphates. Zoe and Theodora. Constantine X., Monomachus. Theodora, restored. Michael VI., Stratioticus. Isaac, Comnenus I. Constantine XI., Ducas. Eudocia. Romanus III., Diogenes. Michael VII., Parapinaces, An- dronicus I., Constantine XII. Nicephorus Botaniates III. Alexius Comnenus I. John Comnenus I. Manuel Comnenus. Alexius Comnenus II. Andronicus. Isaac Angelus. Alexius Angelus. Isaac Angelus restored, and his son Alexius. Alexius Mourzoufle. Baldwin I. Henry. Peter de Courtenay. Robert de Courtenay. John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Baldwin alone. Michael Palteologus. Andronicua II. Andronicus III. John Cantacuzene. John PalaBologua. Manuel. John Palseologus II. * Constantine XIII. Constantinople taken by Ma- homet II. End of the East- EKN Empire. KLNGS OF ITALY. 476 Odoacer. 493 Theodoric. 526 Amalasentha and Athalaric. 534 Theodotus. 536 Vitiges. 540 Interregnum. 541 Totila. 552 Interregnum. 553 Tejas. End of Gothic Kingdom in Italy. 1805 Napoleon. Abdicated m favor of his son (who died without reigning). 1861 Victor-Emmanuel. 1878 Humbert. KINGS OF ENGLAND. England under the Romans from 65 B. C. TO 449 A. D. B. C. 55 Julius Caesar invades Britain. 4 Cymbeline king of Britain. A. D. 43 Claudius Cassar in Britain. 49 London founded. 51 Caractacus carried to Rome. 61 Boadicea defeated. 61 Suetonius Paulinus. 85 Julius Agricola. 179 St. Lucius. 209 Severus. 306 Constantius dies at York. 449 Vortigern king. England under the Saxons from 449 to 827. 457 Saxon Heptarchy. 457 Hengist founded Kent. 490 Ella founded Sussex. 508 Prince Arthur. 519 Cerdic founded Wessex. 527 Ercenwin founded Essex. 647 Ida founded Northumbria. 675 Uifa founded East Anglia. 586 Cridda founded Mercia. 678 Cadwallader. 688 Ina, king of Wessex. 758 Offa, king of Mercia. 827 Saxon Heptarchy ends. The seven kingdoms united into one by the conquests of Egbert under the name of England. England under the Anglo-Saxons FROM 827 TO 1013. 827 Egbert. 838 Ethelwolf. 854 Ethelbald. 860 Ethelbert. 866 Ethelred I. 872 Alfred. 901 Edward the Elder, 925 Athelstan. 940 Edmund L 946 Edred. 955 Edwy. 959 Edgar. 975 Edward II. the Martyr. 978 Ethelred II. 1016 Edmund II. Ironside. Under THE Danes from 1013 to 1041. 1013 Sweyn. 1016 Canute. 1035 Harold I. Harefoot. 1039 Hardicanute. Under the Saxons from 1041 to 1066. A. D. 1041 Edward III. the Confessor 1066 Harold II. The Norman Monarchs. 1066 William I. the Conqueror. 1087 William II. Rufus. 1100 Henry I. the Scholar. 1135 Stephen (House of Blois.) 1141 Matilda, or Maud, four mos. 1141 Stephen restored. House of Plantagenet or Anjou. 1154 Henry II. Plantagenet. 1189 Richard I. the Lion-hearted. 1199 John Lackland. 1216 Henry III. 1272 Edward I. 1307 Edward II. 1327 Edward III. 1377 Richard IL House of Lancaster, called thb Red Rose. 1399 Henry IV. Duke of Lancaster. 1413 Henry V. 1422 Henry VI.' HousE OF York, called the Whitb 1461 Edward IV. 1483 Edward V. 1483 Richard III. 1485 Union of the two Rosea. House of Tudor. 1485 Henry VII. Tudor. 1509 Henry VIII. 1547 Edward VI. the Pius. 1553 Mary I. the Bloody. 1554 Philip and Mary. 1558 Elizabeth, House of Stuart. 1603 James I. Stuart. 1625 Charles I, 1649 Commonwealth, 1653 Oliver Cromwell, Protector. 1658 Richard Cromwell, Protector. 1659 Restitution of Monarchy. 1660 Charles II. 1685 James II. House of Orange and Nassau. 1689 William III. and Mary II. 1694 William alone. House of Stuart. 1702 Anne. House of Brunswick, or the Hano- verian Dynasty. 1714 George I. 1727 George II. 1760 George IIL 1820 George IV, 1830 William IV. 1837 Victoria *KINGS OF SCOTLAND. A. D. 1153 Malcolm IV. 1165 William. 1214 Alexander II, 1249 Alexander III. 1286 Margaret. 1292 John Baliol. 1306 Robert I. 1329 David II. 1371 Robert II. 1390 Robert III. 1406 James I. 1437 James II. 1460 James III. 1488 James IV. 1513 James V. 1542 Mary. 1567 James VI. becomes . 1603 James I. of England. *Tlie origin of the Scots is uncertain and the history of the country until the reign of Mal- rolm III. is obscure. A. D 603 843 943 Fergus. Kenneth Mac Alpine Malcolm I. 963 Indulf. 959 Duff. 963 Culen. 970 Kenneth II. 987 Constantino III. 995 Kenneth III. 1002 Malcolm II. 1033 Duncan I. 1039 Macbeth. 1057 Malcolm III. 1093 Donald III. 1094 Duncan II. 1098 1107 Edgar. Alexander I. 1127 David I. KINGS OF FRANCE. I. Merovingian Race. II. Caelovingian Race. 481 Clovis, grandson of Merovius. 752 Pepin the Short, son ol' Charles 511 Thierry, Childeburt, Clodomer Martel. and Clotaire I. 768 Charlemagne and Carloman. 558 Clotaire alone. 814 Louis the Gentle. 561 Charibert, Gontran, Sigebert 840 Charles 11. the Bald. and Chilperic. 877 Louis II. the Stammerer. 583 Clotaire II. king of Soissons. 879 Louis III. and Carlonwin. 596 Thierry II. and Theodobert II. 884 Charles the Gross. kings of Paris, Burgundy and 888 Eudes. Austrasia. 898 Charles III. the Simple, 613 Clotaire II. alone. 922 Robert, Usurper, 614 Interregnum. 923 Rodolph. 628 Dagobert and Charibert. 936 Louis IV. the Stranger. 638 Sigebert II. and Clovis II. 954 Lothaire. 665 Clotaire II. 986 Louis V. the Lazy. 660 Childeric II. III. The Capets. 679 Thierry III. 987 Hugh Capet, Usurper, 690 *Pepin Heristel, Mayer of the 996 Robert. Palace, governs France 24 1031 Henry I. years. 1060 Philip I. 692 Clovis III. 1108 Louis VI. the Grosa, 695 Childebert III. 1137 Louis VII. 711 Dagobert III. 1180 Philip 11. Augustus. 714 *Charles Martel, son of Pepin, 1223 Louis Vlll. the Lion, Mayer of the Palace and Duke 1226 Louis IX. St. Louis. of France, governs France 1270 Philip III. the Bold. about 26 years. 1285 Philip IV. the Fair. 715 Childeric II. 1314 Louis X. Hutin. 720 Thierry IV. 1316 John I., eight days. 742 Childeric III. 1316 Philip V, the Long. * Pepin and his sons were not styled kings, though they exercised Bupreine authority ; no* were they of the Merovingian race. KINGS OF FRANCE, (Continued.) A. D. A. D 1322 Charles IV. tlie Fair. 1643 IV. House of Valois. 1715 1328 Philip VI. of Valois. 1774 1350 John II. the Good. 1792 1364 Charles V. the AVise, 1793 1380 Charles VI. the Beloved. 1422 Charles VII. the Victorious. 1804 1461 Louis XI. 1483 Charles VIII. 1814 1498 Louis XII. Father of the Peo- ple. 1824 1515 Francis I. the Gentleman. 1830 1547 Henry II. 1559 Francis II. 1848 1560 Charles IX. the Bloody. 1574 Henry III. v. House of Bourbon. 1852 1589 Henry IV. the Great. 1610 Louis XIII. the Just. 1870 Louis XIV. the Great. Louis XV. Louis XVI. Louis XVI. deposed. Louis XVI. executed. French Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor. Bourbons Restored. Louis XVIII. Charles X. House op Orleans. Louis Philippe. French Republic. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte elected President. Empire Re-established. Napoleon III. Emperor of the French. Republic Re-established. EMPERORS OF GERMANY. 800 Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. 814 Louis the Gentle. 840 Lothaire I. 855 Louis II. 875 Charles II. the Bald. 877 Interregnum. 878 Louis III. 879 Charles III. the Fat. 887 Arnould. 899 Louis IV. 912 Conrad I. 919 Henry I. the Fowler. 936 Otho I. the Great. 973 Otho II. the Bloody. 983 Otho III. poisoned. 1002 Henry II. the Lame. 1024 Conrad II. 1039 Henry III. 1055 Henry IV. deposed. 1077 Rodolphus killed in battle. 1080 Henry IV. reinstated. 1106 Henry V. 1125 Lothaire II. 1138 Conrad III. 1152 Frederic I. Barbarossa. 1190 Henry VI. 1198 Philip. 1208 Otho IV. 1212 Frederic II. 1250 Conrad IV. 1.273 Rodolpb of Hapsburg. 1291 1298 1308 1314 1347 1378 1400 1410 V1438 1440 1493 1519 1556 1564 1576 1612 1619 1687 1658 1705 1711 1742 1745 1765 1790 1792 1806 1815 1835 1848 Adolphus of Nassau, Albert of Austria. Henry VII. of Luxemburg. Louis V. Charles IV. Wenceslaus. Robert, Count Palatine. Sigismund. Albert II. of Austria. Frederic III. Maximilian I. Charles V. Ferdinand I. Maximilian II. Rodolph II. Matthias. Ferdinand II, Ferdinand III. Leopold 1. Joseph I. Charles VI. Charles VII, Francis I. Duke of Lorraine. Joseph II. Leopold II. Francis II, till 1806. Confederation of the Rhine. Francis II. takes the title of Emperor of Austria. Germanic Confederation. Ferdinand I. of Austria. Francis Joseph. KINGS OF SPAIN. A. D. 406 Alaric, king of the Goths. 4il Athalsus. 415 Wallia. 420 TJ^eodoric I. Twrismund. 450 452 Theodoric II. 468 Euric. 484 Alaric II. GG7 Gesalric. 511 Amalaric. G31 Theodat. 648 Theodisele. 649 Agila. 054 Athanagild I. 667 Liuva I. 670 Leovigild. 087 Recared I. COl Liuva II. 603 Witteric. 610 Gundemar. 612 Sisebert. 612 Recared II., three months. 621 Swintila. 631 Sisenand. 636 Chintila. 640 Tulga. 642 Chindaswind. 649 Receswind. 672 Wamba. 680 Ervigor. 687 Egica or Egiza. <597 Vitizza. 710 Roderic. 71-8 Pelagius. 737 Favila. T38 Alphonsus I. 757 Froila I. 768 Aurelius. 774 Silo. 783 Mauregat. 789 Veremond. 791 Alphonsus 11. 624 Ramiro I. 860 Ordogno I. 662 Alphonsus III. 910 Garcias. 914 Ordogno II. A. D. 923 Froila II. 924 Alphonsus IV. 981 Ramiro II. 950 Ordogno III. 955 Ordogno IV. 956 Sancho I. 967 Ramiro III. 982 Veremund II. 999 Alphonsus V. 1028 Veremund III. 1035 Ferdinand the Great. 1065 Sancho II. 1072 Alphonsus VI. 1109 Alphonsus VII. 1122 Alphonsus VIII. 1157 Sancho III. 1158 Alphonsus IX. 1214 Henry I. 1236 Ferdinand III. 1252 Alphonsus X. 1284 Sancho IV. 1295 Ferdinand IV. 1312 Alphonsus XI. 1350 Peter the Cruel. 1368 Henry II. 1379 John I. 1390 Henry III. 1406 John II. 1454 Henry IV. 1474 Ferdinand V. and Isabella. 1504 Philip I. 1506 Joan. 1516 Charles I. 155s Philip II. 1598 Philip III. 1621 Philip IV. 1665 Charles II. 17 o Philip V. 1724 Lewis, 1724 Philip IV. again. 1745 Ferdinand VI. 1759 Charles III. 1788 Charles IV. 1808 Ferdinand VII. (See Record for 1808.) 1833 Isabella. 1868 Deposed. '• 1870 Abdicated. 1870 Amadeo I. 1873 Abdicatfd. 1873-4 Republic. 1874 Alfonso XII. 1886 A'fjn o XIII. KINGS OF PORTUGAL. 1093 King of Lorraine, Count of 1279 Dennis. Portugal. 1325 Alphonsus IV. 1139 Alphonsus I. proclaimed king. 1357 Peter the Severe. H85 Sancho I. 1367 Ferdinand I. 1212 Alphonsus II. 1385 John I. 1224 Sancho II. 1433 Edward. 1247 Alphonsus III. 9 1438 Alphonsus V KINGS OF PORTUGAL, (Continued.) A. n 1481 John II. 1495 Emanuel. 1521 John III. 1557 Sebastian. 1578 Henry. 1580 Anthony. 1640 John IV. 1656 Alphonsus VI 1668 Peter II. 1707 John V. 1750 Joseph. A. D. 1777 1799 1826 1826 1828 1834 1853 1861 Mary Frances Isabella. John VI. Don Pedro. Maria de Gloria. Don Miguel. Maria II. Nov. 15. Death of Maria II Peter V. (Don Pedro) king. Dec. 19. King-consort, regent Louis Philip. 1889 Charles I. KINGS OF SWEDEN. 825 Regnard Lobrock. *** Reigns uncertain. 966 Eric the Victor. 994 Olaf. 1026 Edmund Jacobson. 1035 Edmund or Amand III. 1041 Haquin. 1056 Stenkell. 1060 Ingo I. 1064 Halstan. 1080 Philip. 1100 Ingo II. 1130 Ragwald. 1133 Magnus I 1144 Suercber II. 1150 Eric X. 1162 Charles VII. 1168 Canute. 11192 Suercherlll. 1211 Eric XL 1220 John L 1223 Eric XII. 1250 Waldemar. 1276 Magnus IL 1290 Birger IL 1318 Magnus IIL 1365 Albert. 1397 Margaret, 1411 Eric Xm, 1441 Christopher. 1448 Charles VIIL 1458 Christian I. 1497 John II. 1520 Christian IL 1528 Gustavus I. Vasa. 1556 Eric XIV. . 1569 John III. 1592 Sigismond I. 1606 Charles IX. 1611 Gustavus Adolpbus II. 1632 Christina. 1654 Charles X. 1660 Charles XL 1697 Charles XII. 1718 Ulrica Eleanora. 1720 Frederic. 1751 Adolphus Frederic. 1771 Gustavus Adolphus IIL 1792 Gustavus Adolphus IV. 1809 Charles XIII. 1818 Chnrles John XIV. 1844 Oscar Frederic. 1859 Charles XV. 1851 Oct. 31. Princess Louifla (Heiress) born. 1872 Oscar II. KINGS OF DENMARK. 714 Gormo I. 750 Ragnor Lodbrog. 770 Sigefrid. 801 Godefrid. 809 Olaus I. 811 Hemming. 812 Siward and Ringon 814 Harold and Regner 849 Siward II. 856 Eric. 858 863 873 915 920 925 928 930 935 980 Eric II. Gormo the Old. Canute I. Frothon. Gormo II. Harold. Hardicanute. Goi-mo 111. Harold III. Suenon. KINGS OF DENMARK, (Continuea.J A. D. A. D. 1014 Canute II. the Great. 1375 Olaus III. 1036 Hardicanute. 1375 Margaret I. Queen cf Den UMl Magnus I. mark and Norway. 1048 Suenon II. 1411 Eric IX. 1079 Harold IV. 1489 Christopher III. 1080 Canute III. 1448 Christian I. •086 Olaus II, 1481 John. .097 Eric III. 1513 Christian II. 1106 Nicliolaa. 1523 Frederic I. 1135 Eric IV. 1534 Christian III. 1138 Eric V. 1559 Frederic II. 1147 Suenon III. 1588 Chriistian IV. 1157 Waldcmar the Great. 1648 Frederic III. 1182 Canute V. 1670 Christian V. 1202 Waldemar II. 1699 Frederic IV. 1240 Eric VI. 1730 Christian VI. 1250 Abel I. 1746 Frederic V. 1252 Christopher I. 1766 Christian VII. 1259 Eric VIl. 1808 Frederic VI. 1286 Eric VIII. 1839 Christian VIII. 1319 Christopher II. 1849 Frederic VII. 1340 Waldemar III. 1863 Christian IX. SOVEREIGNS OF RUSSIA. Grand Dukes. 1689 Peter I. the Great. 862 Rurick. 1725 Catharine I. 955 Olga. 1727 Peter II. 988 Woladimir. 1730 Anne. 1156 Jurie, or George I. 1740 Ivan VI. 1157 Andrew. 1741 Elizabeth. 1395 Tartar Invasion. Family of Holstbin. 1462 Ivan or John III. 1762 Peter III. Czars or Kings. 1762 Catharine II. 1534 Ivan IV. 1796 Paul. House of Romanoff. 1801 Alexander. 1613 Michael Theodore RomanoflF. 1825 Nicholas. 1645 Alexis. 1855 Alexander II. 1676 Theodore. 1843 Sept. 20. His son NichoJag, 1682 Ivan V. (Heir) born. i88i Alexander ITT. TURKISH OR OTT( 3MAN EMPERORS. 1299 Ossman or Othoman I. 1512 Selim I. 1325 Orchani. 1520 Solyman II. 1359 Amurath I. 1566 Selim II. 1388 Bajazet I. 1574 Amurath III. 1397 Isa Belis. 1595 Mahomet III. 1403 Solyman. 1604 Achmet. 1410 Musa. 1617 Mustapha I. 1413 Mahomet I. 1617 Osman I. 1421 Amurath II. 1622 Mustapha I. restored. 1451 Mahomet II. 1623 Amurath IV. 1481 Cortacus. 1640 Ibrahim. 1481 Xemin. 1655 Mahomet IV. 1481 Bajazet. TURKISH OR OTTOMAN EMPERORS, (Continued ) A. D. 1687 Solyman III. 1691 Achmet II. 1695 Mustapha II. 1703 Achmet III. 1730 Mahomet V. 1754 Osman II. 1757 Mnstapha III. 1774 Abelhamet or Achmet IV. A. D. 1789 1807 1808 1839 1861 1876 1876 Selim III. Mnstapha IV. Mahmond II. (Mahomet VI.) Abdul-Medjid. Abdul-Azis. Amnrath V. (Murad) De- posed. Abdul-Hamid II. MARGRAVES AND ELECTORS OP BRANDENBURG, AND KINGS OF PRUSSIA. 927 1416 1417 1440 1470 1476 1499 1535 1571 1598 1608 1619 997 1038 1041 1044 1047 1059 1063 1073 1076 1095 1114 1131 1141 1161 1173 1191 1200 1201 1235 1275 1278 1291 1301 1304 1309 1342 1383 1389 Sifroi, margrave of Branden- burg. Geron of Lusatia. Frederick IV. of Nuremburg. Made elector of Brandenburg Frederick II. Albert I. John. Joachim I. Joachim II, John George, Joachim Frederick. John Sigismund. George William. 1640 1688 1701 1713 1740 1786 1797 1840 1861 1888 Frederick William the Great. Frederick, who was made king of Prussia in 1701. Kings of Prussia. Frederick I. Frederick William I. Frederick II. the Great. Frederick William II. Frederick William III. Frederick William IV. William I. (died March 9, 1888. ) Frederick (William) III. (died June 15, 1888'.) William II. KINGS OP HUNGARY. Stephen, duke, receives the title of king. Peter I. deposed. Otto. Peter restored. Andrew. Bela. Solomon. Geiga I. St. Ladislaus. Coloman. Stephen II. Bela II. Geiga II. Stephen III. Bela III. Emeric. Ladislaus II. Andrew II. Bela IV. Stephen IV. Ladislaus III. Andrew III. Wenceslaus. Otho. Charles Robert. Louis I. the Great, Mary. Mary anl her husband Sigis- mund. 1437 Albert. 1440 Ladislaus IV. 1444 Ladislaus V. 1458 Matthias I. 1490 Ladislaus VI. 1516 Louis II. 1526 John Sepusius deposed. 1527 Ferdiuiind, king of Bohemia. 1534 John Sepnsius again. 1539 John II. 1561 Maximilian. 1573 Rodolphus. 1609 Matthias IL 1618 Ferdinand II. 1625 Ferdinand IIL 1647 Ferdinand IV. 1656 Leopold. 1687 Joseph. 1711 Charles VI. 1740 Maria Theresa. 1780 Joseph II., hpr son, (Emperor of Germany, 1765.) 1790 Leopold IL, brother, (also Emperor.) 1792 Franc. I. (Franc. II. of Ger- many.) 1835 Ferdinand V. (Ferd. L as Emperor of Austria.) 1848 Francis-Joseph, crowned King of Hungary, 1867, PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. FIRST ADMINISTRATION. 1789-97; — 8 YEARS. 1789 George Washington, Virginia, President. John Adams, Massachusetts, Vice Presii^enl. SECOND ADMINISTRATION. 1797-1801; — 4 YEARS. 1797 John Adams, Massachusetts, President. Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, Vice President. THIRD ADMINISTRATION. 1801-09; — 8 YEARa 1801 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, President. Aaron Burr, New York, Vice President. 1805 George Clinton, New York, Vice President. FOURTH ADMINISTRATION. 1S09-17;— 8 YEARS. 1809 James Madison, Virginia, President. George Clinton, New York, Vice President. 1813 Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts, Vice President. FIFTH ADMINISTRATION. 1817-25; — 8 YEARS. 1817 James Monroe, Virginia, President. Daniel D. Tompkins, New York, Vice President. SIXTH ADMINISTRATION. 1825-20; — 4 YEARS. 1825 John Q. Adams, Massachusetts. President. John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, Vice President. SEVENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1829-37; — 8 TEARS. 1829 Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, President. John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, Vice President. 1833 Martin Van Buren, New York, Vice President. EIGHTH ADMINISTRATION. 1837-41; — 4 YEARS, 1837 Martin Van Buren, New York, President. Richard M Johnson, Kentucky, Vice President. NINTH ADMINISTRATION. 1841-45; — 4 YEARS. 1841 William H. Harrison, Ohio, President. John Tyler, Virginia, Vice President, became President TENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1845-49;- 4 YEARS. 1845 James K. Polk, Tennessee, President. George M. Dallas, Pennsylvania, Vice President. ELEVENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1849-53; — 4 YEARS. 1849 Zachary Taylor, Louisiana, President. 1850 Millard Fillmore, New York, Vice President, became President. TWELFTH ADMINISTRATION. 185.3-57; — 4 YEARS. 1853 Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire, President. ■William R. King, Alaban.a, Vice President. (Died April 18.) THIRTEENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1857-61; — 4 YEARS. 1857 Jam«s Buchanan, Pennsylvania, President. John C. Breckenridge, Kentucky, Vice President. FOURTEENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1861-69;— 8 YEARS. 1861 Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, President. Assassinated 1865. Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, Vice President. 1865 Andrew Johnson, Tennessee, Vice President, became President. PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OP THE UNITED STATES. -Continued. (Died 1875.) -4 YE.ARS. (Died 1887.) YE.\RS. . FIFTEENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1869-77;— 8 YEARS. 1869 Ulysses S. Grant, District Columbia, President. Schiij'ler Colfax, Indiana, Vice President. (Died 1885.) 1873 Gen. Grant re-elected. (Died July 23, 1885. ) Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, Vice President. SIXTEENTH ADMINISTR.\TION. 1877-81;- 1877 Rutherford Bircbard Hayes, Ohio, President. Wm. A. Wheeler, New York, Vice President. SEVENTEENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1881-85; 1881 James A. Garfield, Ohio, President. (Assassinated 1881.) Chester A. Arthur, New York, Vice President. 1881 " " became President. (Died November 18, 188tj. ) EIGHTEENTH ADMINISTRATION. 1885-89;— 4 YEARS. 1885 Grover Cleveland, New York, President. Thos. A. Hendricks, Indiana, Vice President. (Died 1885.) NINETEENTH ADMINLSTRATION. 1889-93-— 4 YEARS. 1889 Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, Pre.sident. Levi P. Morton, New York, Vice President. EMPIRE OP GERMANY. Napoleon I. formed a Confederation of the Rhine, France, Bavaria, Sax- ony, Wurtemberg, Westphalia, etc., July 12, 1806-l4, which was superseded June 8, 1815 August 2-1, 1866, by the Germanic Confederation; which be- came with Prussia, etc., the German Empire, January 1, 1871. 1871 William I. of Prussia. (Died March 9. 1888.) 1888 Frederick (William) III. (Died June 15, 1888.) 1888 William II. KINGS OP GREECE. 1863 George I. (Elected.) KINGS OP THE NETHERLANDS. 1806 1815 Louis Bonaparte, King of Hol- land. Abdicated, 1810. William-Frederick, Prince of Orange, proclaimed King of the Netherlands. Abdicated 1840. Died 1843. 1840 William II. Died, 1849. 1849 William III. Died, 1890. 1890 Wilhelmina, a minor, repres- ented by Queen Emma, Regent. 1806 1848 RULERS OP MODERN EGYPT. (Khedives, or Hereditarj' Vice-Sultans, nearlj' independent. , Mehemet AH Pasha. Abdi- 1 1854 Said, his brother. Died, 1863. cated, 1848. Died, 1849. | 1862 Ismail, nephew, deposed. Ibrahim, adopted son, Abbas, 1879 Mechmet Tewlik. his son. KINGS OP THE BELGIANS. 1831 Leopold L Died 1865. | 1865 Leopold II. KINGS OP BAVARIA. 1806 Maximilian- Joseph (Max- Jo- seph II., Elector of Bavaria.) 1825 Louis L, Abdicated, 1848. Died, 1868. 1848 Maximilian-Joseph II. 1864 Louis II. (Insane ; suicide, 1886.) 1886 Otho. (Insane ; Represented by Regent, Prince Luitpold.) HURST'S Dictionary of Dates. OP THE PEINCIPAL EVENTS, FROM THE CREATION OF MAN TO THE PRESENT TIME. PART I.— ANCIENT SYNCHRONOLOGY. First Period, from the creation to the deluge — 1656 years. B.C. 4004 Creation of the world, according to Archbishop Usher, who fol- lows the Hebrew Pentateuch, and is here adopted as the most generally received standard. The Samaritan Pentateuch places the Creation 4700, B. C; the Septuagint, 5872; Jo- sephus, 4658; the Talmudists, 5344; and Dr. Hales 5411. Plato fixes this epoch much earlier ; and the Chinese carry it back hundreds of thousands of years, while the ancient Chal- dean astronomers place the origin of society at no less than 473,000 years. Kennedy affirms that there are as many as 300 different opinions respecting the length of time which elapsed between the creation of the world and the birth of Christ. It must be observed that by Creation of the WORLD nothing more can be understood now than the intro- duction OP the human race into it ; the science of geol- ogy having demonstrated that it is utterly impossible to as- sign a date to its creation. The fall of man and the promise of a Saviour. 4003 The birth of Cain, the first-born of woman, — a husbandman. 4002 The birth of Abel, Adam's second son. 3875 Abel murdered by Cain, his brother. 3874 Seth is born, when Adam, his father, is 130 years old. 3769 Enos.is born, Seth being 105 years old. 3679 Cainan born, Enos being 90 years old. 3609 Mahalaleel born, Cainan being 70. 3544 Jared born, Mahalaleel being 65. B.C. 3382 Enocli born, Jared being 162. 3317 Methuselah born, Enoch being 65. 3130 Lamech born, Methuselah being 18?. 3074 Adam dies, aged 930. 3017 Enoch translated ; he had lived 365 years. 2962 Seth dies, aged 912. 2948 Noah born, Lamech being 182. 2864 Enos dies, aged 905. 2769 Cainan dies, aged 910. 2714 Mahalaleel dies, aged 895. 2582 Jared dies, aged 962. 2468 God denounces the flood, and commands Noah to build the ark 2448 Japheth born, the eldest son of Noah. (?) 2445 Shem born, youngest son of Noah. 2353 Lamech dies, aged 777, being the first who is recorded to have died a natural death before his father. 2348 Methuselah dies, aged 969. " The Deluge. Second Period. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM — 427 YEARS. 2347 Noah, being now 601 years old, takes ofi" the roof of the ark, on the first day of the first month ; and on the twenty-seventh day of the second month Noah quits the ark. He ofi"ers sac- rifices of thanksgiving. God appoints the rainbow as a pledge that he will send no more a universal deluge. The descendants of Noah dispersed through the earth ; thuse of Shem probably in Asia, of Ham in Africa, and of Japheth in Europe. The curse pronounced upon the descendants of Ham. Wine made by Noah from the grape. 2346 Arphaxad born, son of Shem. 2311 Salah born, son of Arphaxad. 2281 Eber born, son of Salah. 2247 Peleg born, son of Eber. Bricks made, and cement used to unite them. The building of the tower of Babel, the confusion of languages and disper- sion of the nations. 2245 Babylon founded by Nimrod, son of Cush and grandson of Ham. Nineveh founded by Ashur, son of Shem. 2234 Astronomical observations are first made at Babylon. 2217 Reu born, son of Peleg. 2207 Fohi, (perhaps Noah) is mentioned as the first Chinese mon- arch. B.C. 2188 The kingdom of Egypt is supposed to have begun under Mis- raim, the son of Ham, and to have continued 1663 years, to the conquest of Cambyses. 2185 Serug born, son of Reu. 2155 Nahor born, son of Serug. 2126 Terah born, son of Nahor. 2124 Belus reigns in Babylon ; supposed by some to be the Nimrod of scripture. Chronologists differ on the origin of Babylon, Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire. / 2122 Athotes, son of Misraim (Menes) invents hieroglyphics. ^ 2111 Thebes, in Egypt, founded by Busiris. 2100 Osymandyas, of Egypt, the first warlike king, passes into Asia and conquers Bactria. Sculpture and painting employed to commemorate his exploits. 2095 Pyramids and canals in Egypt. The science of Geometry be- gins to be cultivated. 2089 Sicyon, the first kingdom of Greece. 2085 The King shepherds of Phenicia seize Lower Egypt, They reign 260 years. 2069 Ninus, son of Belus, reigns in Nineveh. 2059 He establishes the Assyrian Empire. 2056 Haran born, the son of Terah. 2048 A colony of Phenicians land in Ireland. 2042 Uranus arrives in Greece. 2017 Semiramis enlarges and embellishes Babylon, and makes it the seat of empire.(?) 1998 Ching Hong teaches the Chinese the art of husbandry, and the method of making bread from wheat, and wine from rice. Noah dies, aged 950 years. 1996 Abram born, the son of Terah. 1986 Sarai born, wife of Abram. 1975 Semiramis invades Lybia, Ethiopia and India. 1938 Lake Moeris in Egypt constructed; about 220 miles in circum- ference, and intended as a reservoir for the superfluous wa- ters of the Nile, during its inundations. 1921 Terah, Abram's father leaves Ur in Chaldea, and with Abram comes to Haran. The Call of Abram from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran iu Mesopotamia, where his father died, aged 205 years. Third Period, from abraham to the exodus of the israelites— 430 years. B. C. 1921 Abram comes into Canaan with. Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his nephew, and dwells at Sichem. 1920 Abram goes into Egypt. Pharaoh takes his wife, but soon re- turns her again. Gold and silver first mentioned as money. 1917 Lot leaves Abram and goes to dwell at or near Sodom. 1912 Abram delivers Lot from captivity, and receives the blessing of Melchizedec. 1911 Sarai gives her maid Hagar for a wife to her husband x\bram. 1910 Ishmael born, son of Abram and Hagar. Abram was 86 years old. 1897 The new covenant of the Lord with Abram. God promises him a numerous posterity ; his name changed to Abraham, and that of Sarai to Sarah. Circumcision insti- tuted. Abraham entertains three angels under the appear- ance of travelers. They promise him Isaac. Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim burnt by fire from heaven. Lot is preserved in answer to Abraham's interces- sions } retires to Zoar. 1896 Abraham departs from the plain of Mamre to Beer-sheba. Isaac, the child of promise, is born. 1893 Isaac is weaned, and Ishmael, with Hagar his mother, is sent away by Abraham. 1891 Letters first used in Egypt by Syphoas. 1871 Abraham commanded to ofi"er Isaac in sacrifice. 1859 Sarah dies, aged 127 years. 1856 Isaac marries Rebekah. The kingdom of Argos established under Inachus. 1847 Shem, the son of Noah, dies. 1836 Jacob and Esau, twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah are born. 1822 Memnon invents the Egyptian alphabet. 1821 Abraham dies, aged 175. 1817 Eber, the fifth from Noah, dies. Amenophis I. is acknowledged king of all Egypt. 1804 Isaac covenants with Abimelech, king of Gerar. 1800 The Pelasgians, under Inachus, settle in Peloponnesus about this time. 1766 China, the Second Imperial dynasty, begins. 1764 The deluge of Ogyges in Attica, which remains waste over 200 years, till the coming of Cecrops. 1760 Jacob fraudulently obtains the blessing from Isaac and with- draws into Mesopotamia to his uncle Laban. 1753 After seven years' service, Jacob marries Leah and Rachel, Laban's daughters. Joseph's elder brethren all born during the second seven years of Jacob's serving Lacaa. B. C. 1745 Jos'iph born, son of Jacob and Rachel. 1739 Jacob's name changed to Israel. 1732 The rape of Dinah. Benjamin born, son of Rachel who dies near Bethhhem, when Jacob went to pay his vows at Bethel. 1729 Joseph sold into Egypt, and there sold as a slave to Potiphar. 1722 Joseph, falsely accused by the wife of Potiphar, Km master, is committed to prison. 1716 Isaac dies, aged 180 years. 1715 Pharez and Zerah are born of Tamar by Judah, her father-in- law. The beginning of the seven years of plenty foretold by Joseph. Joseph, interpreting Pharaoh's dream, is made lord of all the land- of Egypt. 1711 The city of Argos built by Argus, son of Niobe. 1710 A colony of Arcadians emigrate into Italy under (Enotrus. 1708 The beginning of the seven years' scarcity foretold by Joseph. 1707 Jacob, pressed by famine, sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt, who meet with harsh treatment from Joseph, whom they did not know. 1706 Jacob is prevailed on to send Benjamin with his other sons ; and Joseph having at length made himself known to his brethren, Jacob with all his family go down into Egypt. 1704 Joseph gets all the money of Egypt into the royal treasury. 1703 Joseph gets all the cattle of Egypt for the king. 1702 The Egyptians sell their lands and liberties to Pharaoh. 1701 End of the seven years' famine. Joseph returns to the Egyp- tians their cattle and their lands. 1700 The Pelasgians settle in Thessaly about this time. 1689 Israel's last sickness; he adopts and blesses Ephraim and Man- asseh, foretells the characters of all his sons, and dies, aged 147 years. 1680 The Hyksos, or King-shepherds from Arabia or Phenicia, sub- jugate Egypt about this time. 1641 Criasus succeeds his father Argus. 1635 Joseph dies, aged 110, and the book of Genesis closes. 1613 Levi, the grandfather of Moses and Aaron dies, aged 137. 1588 Atlas, the Astronomer. 1582 The Parian Chronicle in the Arundelian marbles, Oxford, be- gins this year, when it states that Cecrops settled in Attica. 1580 The Cymbal used at the feasts of Cybele. 1577 A Revolution in Egypt. Rameses Miamum, the king, who knew neither Joseph nor his services, persecutes the Israel- ites. About this time, according to Calmet, lived Job, famous for his wisdom, patience and virtue. 1574 Aaron born, son of Amram and Jochebed. 1571 Moses born; exposed on the banks of the Nile, and found by Pharaoh's daughter, who adopts him. 1556 Athens founded by Cecrops. B. C. 1552 Triopas, king of Argos. The kingdom divided, Polycaon reio-nino; in Messenia. 1546 Troy founded by Scainander. 1537 Joshua born, son of Nun. 1534 Dancing to music introduced by Curetes. 1531 Moses, having been brought up by Pharaoh's daughter, at the age of 40 attempts to deliver his people ; but meeting a re- pulse, having killed an Egyptian, he flees into Midian where he marries Jethro's daughter, and continues forty years aa a shepherd. 1530 Caleb born, son of Jephunneh. 1520 Corinth founded. 1516 Sparta founded, and the kingdom of Laconia, or Lacedaemon 1507 The Areopagus established at Athens. 1506 Crotopas succeeds to the throne of Argos. The flute invented by Hyagnis, a Phrygian. 1503 The Deluge of Deucalion, in Thessaly. 1502 Teucer succeeds his father. 1495 The Panathenaea first celebrated at Athens. 1493 Thebes in Bceotia founded by Cadmus a Phenician, who in- troduces the Alphabet into Greece. 1491 God appears to Moses in a burning bush at Horeb, and sends him to Egypt to deliver the Israelites. The Ten Plagues in Egypt. Institution of the Passover. The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Fourth Period, from the departure of the israelites out of egypt to THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN — 40 YEARS. 1491 Pharaoh, (Amenophis) pursues the Israelites with his army, and overtakes them at Pi-hahiroth. The waters divided. Israel passes through on dry ground The Egyptians drowned 21st of the first month. The Law given at Mount Sinai. Sesostris succeeds Amenophis (Pharaoh) his father. He di- vides Egypt into thirty nomes or districts, renders Ethiopia tributary, conquers Asia, and subjects the Scythians as far as the Tanais. On his return into Egypt he kills himself, after a reign of 33 years. 1 490 The tabernacle is set up and preparations made for Israel's im- mediately marching to possess Canaan ; but because of tlieir unbelief and rebellion they are doomed to continue in the wilderness till 40 years are passed. Lacedaemoa, fourth king of Sparta. The Israelites continue a considerable time at Kadesli-barnea, whence they go toward the Red Sea. 1487 Erichthonius, the fourth king of Athens, introduces the first chariot. 1480 Dardanus, king of Troy, builds Dardania. 1474 Deuaus, brother of Sesostris, leaves Egypt and retires into the Peloponnesus, where he makes himself master of Argos. 1471 The sedition of Korah, Dathan and Abiram is supposed to have happened at the encampment of Kadesh-barnea. 1463 Damnonii invade Ireland. 1457 Pheron succeeds Sesostris. The kingdom of Mycene begins under Perseus, late king of Argos. 1453 Olympic games first celebrated at Elis. 1 452 After wandering in the deserts of Arabia, Petrea and Idumea thirty-seven years, the Israelites return to Mozeroth, near Kadesh-barnea, in the thirty-ninth year after the Exodus. Moses sends embassadors to the king of Edom, who refuses a passage through his territories. The Israelites arrive at Kadesh. Miriam dies, aged 130 years. The Israelites murmur for want of water. Moses brings it from the rock; but he, as well as Aaron, having shown some distrust, God forbids their entrance into the land of promise. From Kadesh they go to Mount Hor, where Aaron dies, aged 122 years. The king of Arad attacks Israel and takes several captives. Prom Mount Hor they come to Zalmonah, where Moses raises the brazen serpent. Others think this happened at Punon. 1451 Sihon, king of the Amorites, refuses the Israelites a passage through his dominions. Moses attacks him and takes his country. Og, king of Bashan, attacks Israel, but is defeat- ed. Distribution of the countries of Sihon and Og to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. Moses renews the covenant of Israel with the Lord. Joshua sends spies to Jericho. The whole book of Deuteronomy ending with the death of Moses bears this date. The books of Moses contain the history of 2553 years, closing with the Entrance of the Israelites into the Land OP Canaan Fifth Period. from the entrince of the israelites into canaan to the kingdom of saul — 356 years. B. C. 1451 Israel under Joshua pass the river Jordan. Joshua restores circumcision. Manna ceases. The first passover after the passing of Jordan. Jericho taken. Gribeonites make a league with Joshua War of the five kings against Gibeon, whom Joshua defeats ; the sun and moon stand still. 1450 War of Joshua against the kings of Canaan. 1449 Erichthonius reigns in Troy. 1446 The conquest of Canaan is completed. Belochus, the last king of the race of Ninus. 1445 Joshua divides the conquered country among Judah, Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 1444 The Tabernacle is set up at Shiloh; the rest of the land is di- vided, and the Reubenites, etc., are dismissed to their pos- sessions eastward of the Jordan. 1438 Pandion begins to reign at Athens. 1433 Artossa Semiramis II. associate on the throne of Assyria. 1427 Joshua dies, aged 110 years. 1421 Belatores reigns in Assyria. 1413 I. Servitude of the eastern Israelites under Cushanrishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, eight years. 1410 The other tribes make war upon the Benjamites. 1406 Minos flourishes in Crete, and iron is found by the Dactyli by the accidental burning of the woods of Ida in Crete. 1405 Othniel delivers the Israelites and judges them 40 years. 1400 Pelasgians and Tyrrhenians settle in Italy about this time. 1397 Corinth becomes a kingdom under Sisyphus. 1390 The tribe of Benjamin almost extinct. 1383 Ceres arrives in Attica. 1376 Sethos reigns in Egypt. 1374 Erichthonius, son of Dardanus, king of Troy, died. Troas, king of Troy. 1370 Bucklers used in single combat, invented by Proetus and Acri- sius of Argos. 1356 The Elusynian mysteries introduced at Athens by Eumolpus. 1343 II. Servitude of the eastern Israelites under Eglon king of Moab. 1323 Ehud delivers them and judges Israel. 1314 Ilus, son of Troas, founder of Ilium. 1305 III. Servitude of the Israelites under the Philistines. Sham- gar delivers them and judges Israel. 1285 IV. Servitude of the northern Israelites under Jabin, king of Hazor. Deborah and Barak deliver them after twenty years. 1284 Orpheus and Linus, sons of Apollo, skilled in music. 1283 jEgaeus reigns in Attica. B.C. 1266 (Edipus king of Thebes. 1263 The Argonautic expedition. First naval expedition on record The first Pythian games celebrated by Adrastus, king of Argos. 1263 The Temple of Apollo at Delphi built by the council of Am- phictyons. 1260 Laomedon king of Troy. 1259 Phenicia; Tyre founded. 1252 V. Servitude of the eastern and northern Israelites under the Midianites. 1245 Gideon delivers Israel. He governs them nine years. 1240 The axe, wedge, wimble and lever, also masts and sails invent- ed by Daedalus of Athens. Troy taken by the Argonauts. 1239 Latinus reigns in Italy. 1238 Abimelech, son of Gideon, procures himself to be made king of Shechem. 1235 Theseus makes the government of Athens democratic. 1233 Abimelech killed after three years. Carthage founded by the Tyrians. 1232 Tola, judge of Israel after Abimelech, governs 23 years. 1225 Hercules arrives in Phrygia. 1224 Priam king of Troy. The game of backgammon invented by Palamedes of Greece 1222 Argon, a descendant of Hercules, first king of Lydia. Hercules celebrates the Olympic games. 1216 Second Theban war, or war of the Epigonii. 1213 Helen, carried ofi" by Theseus, is received by Castor and Pol- lux, and marries Menelaus. 1210 Jair judges Israel, chiefly beyond Jordan; governs twenty. two years. VI. Servitude under the Philistines and Ammonites. Helen elopes with Paris. Jephthah delivers the Israelites beyond Jordan. Troy taken after a siege of ten years, ^neas sails to Italy Teutaeus king of Assyria. Jephthah dies and is succeeded by Ibzan. ^neas lands in Italy. Salamis founded by Teucer about this time. Epirus. Pyrrhus Neoptolimus. Elon judges Israel. Elon dies. Abdon succeeds him. Israel enslaved by the Philistines and Ammonites. Abdon dies. Eli judges Israel. Samson born. Samuel born. Alba Longa built by Ascanius. Temple of Ephesus burnt by the Amazons. Thinaeus king of Assyria. Samson marries at Timnath. Samson burns the ripe corn of the Philistines. jEolian migration. B.C. 1122 China, third dynasty. Tchcoo. 1116 War between the Philistines and the Israelites. The ark taken oy the Philistines. Death of the high priest Eli. He gov- erned Israel forty years. The Philistines send back the ark, with presents. It is depos- ited at Kirjath-jearim. Samuel the last judge of Israel. Victory of the Israelites over the Philistines. 1115 Mariner's compass said to be known in China. 1104 The return of the Heraclidae into Peloponnesus eighty years af- ter the taking of Troy. Two years after they divide the Peloponnesus among themselves, and here begins the king- dom of Lacedfemon under Eurysthenes and Procles. End of the kingdom of Mycene. 1100 A standard Dictionary of the Chinese, containing 40,000 characters, completed by Pa-out-she. (?) 1095 Samuel, when old, employs his sons as judges under him ; but their misconduct gives Israel the occasion of desiring a king ; and Saul, whom God had selected and commanded Samuel to anoint, having delivered Jabesh-gilead in extreme dis- tress, is anointed king. Establishment of the Hebrew Monarchy. Sixth Period. from the kingdom of saul to the building of sol- omon's temple — 91 years. 1093 War of the Philistines against Saul, who, having disobeyed Samuel's orders, is rejected by (lod. Jonathan's victory over the Philistines. 1088 End of the kingdom of Sicyon. 1085 David born. 1068 Codrus, king of Athens, falls into a war with the Dorians. Monarchy ceases at Athens. The government of the decen- nial archons begins. 1067 God, having rejected Saul for disobedience, sends Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint David as the king of Israel. 1 062 War of the Philistines against the Israelites. David kills Goliath. 1061 Saul, urged by jealousy, endeavors to slay David. 1060 to 1056 David flees to various places to avoid the jealousy of Saul. 1055 War of the Philistines against Saul. Saul causes the ghost of Samuel to be raised. He loses the battle, and kills himself. Ishbosheth, son of Saul, acknowledged king, reigns at Malia- naim beyond Jordan. B.C. 1055 David consecrated king of Judah. Reigns at Hebron. 1048 Abner quits Ishbosheth ; resorts to David. Is treacherously slain by Joab. Ishbosheth being assassinated, David is acknowledged king over all Israel and consecrated the second time at Hebron. 1047 David takes the city of Zion from the Jebusites, and makes Jerusalem the seat of his government. 1044 The Ionian emigrants settle in Asia Minor. 1043 David brings the ark from Kirjath-jearim, and stations it in Zion. 1042 David subdues the Philistines, Moabites and Syrians, and ex- tends his dominions to the Euphrates on the east, the Red Sea on the south, and Lebanon on the north. 1037 David's war against the king of the Ammonites who had insult- ed his ambassadors. 1035 David falls into most aggravated crimes in respect of Bathshe- ba and Uriah, but deeply repents. 1033 Solomon is born. 1030 Absalom, Ammon's brother, murders him, and flees into Geshur. 1027 David is induced to permit Absalom to return from Geshur. 1025 David is fully reconciled to him. 1021 Absalom steals the hearts of the people and raises rebellion against his father, which terminates in his own miserable death, attended by many awful events. 1020 A famine, sent on account of Saul's cruelty to the Gibeonites, is removed by delivering seven of his sous to them to be put to death. 1017 David numbers Israel, and God gives him the choice of three plagues by which to be punished. 1016 David prepares for the building of the temple on Mount Zion, in the threshing floor of Araunah. Rehoboam is born to Solomon by Naamah, an Ammonitess. 1015 David dies, aged 70, and is succeeded by Solomon. 1014 Solomon reigns alone, having reigned about six months in the lifetime of his father, David. He reigned in all forty years. Adonijah slain and Abiathar deprived of the ofiice of high priest. Zadok in future enjoys it alone. Joab slain in the temple. 1013 Solomon marries a daughter of the king of Egypt. 1012 Hiram, king of Tyre, congratulates Solomon on his accession to the crown ; Solomon requires of him timber and workmen to assist him in building the temple. He lays the founda- tion of the temple. Alliance between Solomon and Pharaoh. 1004 The Temple of Solomon finished, being seven years and a half in building. 3 Seventh Period. from the buiiiding 0*" the temple to the babylonish CaPTIV^'^^ 416 YEARS. B. C. 1004 Dedication of Solomon's Temple. IQOO Solomon extends his commerce in connection with Hiram, king of Tyre, to India via Red S >a, and to the shores of the At- lantic, via Straits of Gibralt-^r; builds Tadmar (Palmyra) in the desert, Baalbec and other cities. 992 Solomon finishes the building of his palace and that of his queen, the daughter of Pharaoh. 986 Samos built. Utica built. 985 Solomon is seduced into idolatry by his wives. 978 Sesac (Shishak in Scripture) kin;' of Egypt. (?) 976 Capys reigns in Alba Longa. 975 Solomon, having reigned in great prosperity 40 years, dies. In the same year, Rehoboam, having answered the elders of Israel harshly, is rejected by ten tribes, over whom Jeroboam reigns ; so that only Judah and Benjamin adhere to the fam- ily of David. 974 Jeroboam, having from carnal policy established the worship of the golden calves at Dan and Bethel, is reproved by a proph- et from Judah, who predicts Josiah by name 300 years be- fore his birth ; but disobeying God he is slain by a lion. At this time the priests and Levites and pious Israelites leave their possessions in Jeroboam's dominions and are incorpo- rated into the kingdom of Judah. 972 Ptehoboam gives himself up to impiety. 971 Shishak, king of Egypt, plunders Jerusalem and the temple. 958 Rehoboam dies, having reigned 17 years, and is succeeded by Abijam or Abijah, (called Abia, Matt. 1 : 7.) 957 Abijah vanquishes Jeroboam, with the slaughter of 500,000 Israelites. 955 He dies, having reigned three years, and is succeeded by Asa. 954 Jeroboam of Israel dies, and is succeeded by his son, Nadab. 953 Nadab is slain by Baasha, who usurps th,e kingdom and destroys all the family of Jeroboam. 950 Homer and Hesiod flourish about this time, according to the marbles. 945 Asa, having destroyed idolatry, and reformed and fortified his kingdom, is assaulted by Zerah, king of Ethiopia, with an in- numerable army j but trusting in God, he obtains a most de- cisive victory. 940 Baasha builds Ramah to hinder Israel from going to Jerusalem. Ilis territories invaded by Benhadad, king of Damascus. 937 Breastplates invented by Jason. 935 Bacchus king of Corinth. 930 Baasha of Israel dies, having reigned almost 24 years, ancl is succeeded by his son Elah. B. (7 929 Elah killed by Zimri, wlio usurps the kingdom seven days, but is speedily dethroned by Omri, and burns himself in the pal- ace. 925 Omri prevails over Tibni. Reigns alone in the 31st year of Asa. 924 Omri builds Samaria; makes it the seat of his kingdom. 917 Omri dies ; succeeded by Ahab his son. Asa, troubled with lameness, (probably the gout) places his confidence in physicians rather than in God. 916 Calpetus king of Alba. 914 Asa of Judah, having reigned 41 years, dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat. 912 Jehoshaphat, having demolished the high places and groves, sends Levites with the princes to instruct the people in the law of God, and is remarkably prospered. 910 Elijah foretells to Ahab a dreadful famine. 907 Elijah having proved by fire from heaven consuming his sacri- fice that Jehovah is the true God, and having slain the prophets of Baal, rain is sent in answer to his prayers. Ahaziah born, son of Jehoram and Athaliah, and grandson of Jehoshaphat. 903 Tiberinus, king of Alba. 901 Benhadad, king of Syria, besieges Samaria; is forced to quit it. 900 Returns the following year ; is defeated at Aphek. 899 Ahab, by Jezebel's means, murders Naboth and seizes his vine- yard, for which he and Jezebel and his posterity are doomed to utter destruction, by the word of Elijah. 898 Jehoshaphat assists Ahab. 897 Jehoshaphat accompanies Ahab in his expedition against Ra- moth-gilead, where he narrowly escapes a great danger. Ahab wars against Ramoth-gilead ; is killed in disguise. Ahaziah ■succeeds him. 896 Jehoshaphat equips a fleet for Ophir; Ahaziah, king of Israel, partaking of the design ; the fleet is destroyed by a tempest. Ahaziah falling from the lattice of his house is dangerously wounded, and dies. Jehoram, his brother succeeds him, and makes war against Moab. 895 Tiberinus drowned in the river Albula, which is thence called the Tiber. Elisha foretells victory to the army of Israel, and procures water in abundance. Elijah taken alive into heaven. 892 Jehoshaphat, having been rebuked by a prophet for his alliance with Ahab, is assaulted by a large army of invaders; but in answer to his prayer of faith they destroy each other, and Judah is enriched by the spoils. 889 Jehoshaphat dies, and is succeeded by his son, Jehoram or Jo- ram (who had reigned four years along with his father), in the seventh year of Jehoram or Joram of Israel. 888 Jehoram, at the importunity of his wife, Athaliah, introduces into Judah tho worship of Baal. B.C. 887 Jelioram smitten by God with an incurable distemper in his bowels 886 Jehoram makes his son, Ahaziah, viceroy or assistant in his kingdom. Jehoi'am dies, having reigned four years. Homer's poems brought into Greece. 885 Ahaziah reigns but one year. Joash or Jehoash born. 884 Ahaziah accompanies Jehoram, king of Israel, to the siege of Ramoth-gilead. Ahaziah slain by Jehu. Athaliah kills all the royal family ; usurps the kingdom. Jehoash is preserved and kept secretly in the temple six years. Lycurgus, 42 years old, establishes his kws at Lacedacsmon, and together with Iphitus and Cleosthenes restores the Olym- pic games at EUs, about 108 years before the era which is commonly called the first Olympiad. 878 Jehoiada, the high priest, sets Jehoash on the throne of Judah, and slays Athaliah. Jehoash reigns 40 years. 869 Phidon, king of Argos, is supposed to have invented scales and measures, and coined silver at ^gina. Carthage built by Dido. 864 Romulus king of Alba Longa. Amaziah, son of Joash, born. 857 Jehoash repairs the temple. 856 Jehu, king of Israel, dies, having reigned 28 'years-, and is suc- ceeded by his son Jehoahaz. 845 Jehoiada, the high priest dies, being 130 years of age, and for his eminent services is honored by a burial among the kings of Judah. Aventinus king of Alba. 841 Jehoahaz dies. Joash or Jehoash, whom he had associated with himself on the throne, succeeds him. The death of Elisha. 840 Jehoash and Judah revolt to idolatry, and the people stone Zech- ariah the prophet, the son of Jehoiada, by the king's command, in the court of the temple, for his faithful reproof. Jonah preaches to the Ninevites. Hazael, king of Syria, wars against Jehoash. Sardanapalus, the last king of the first empire of the Assyri- ans. After a reign of twenty years he burned himself in his palace. 839 Jehoash, after great calamities and dire diseases, is murdered by his servants, after having reigned 40 years, and is succeeded by his son, Amaziah. 836 Hazael, king of Syria, dies, and Benhadad succeeds him. Jehoash wars against Benhadad. 827 Amaziah of Judah wars against Idumsea. S26 Amaziah, elated by a victory over the Edomites, challenges Je- hoash of Israel, who overcomes him, takes him prisoner and breaks down the walls of Jerusalem. Jehoash, king of Israel, dies. Jeroboam II. succeeds him ; reigns 41 years. B.C. 825 The dynasty of the Tanites in Egypt begins under Petubastes. 823 Arbaces, governor of Media, and Belesis, governor of Babylonia, besiege Sardanapalus king of Assyria, in Nineveh. (?) 820 After a siege of three years Sardanapalus burns himself in his palace, with all his riches. The first empire of the Assyrians, which ended at the death of Sardanapalus, had existed more than 1200 years. Out of its ruins three others were formed; that of the Assyrians of Babylon, the Assyrians of Nineveh and that of the Medes. 814 The kingdom of Macedon begins, founded by Caranus, and continues 646 years, till the battle of Pydna. 810 Amaziah dies. Uzziah or Azariah succeeds him; reigns 52 years. 808 God grants success to Jeroboam of Israel, according to the word of Jonah, of Gath-hepher, in Galilee. Procas king of Alba. 800 Carpets in use for tents. 797 The kingdom of Lydia begins under Ardysus, and continues 249 years. 794 Numitor king of Alba. Amulias king of Alba. 790 The second Assyrian monarchy founded by Ptil about this time. 786 Coenus ascended the throne of Macedon. The Corinthians employ triremes or vessels with three banks of oars. 784 Jeroboam of Israel, having reigned 41 years, dies, and an inter- regnum of eleven or twelve years follows. 78^1. The dynasties of the Saites in Egypt. 770 The era of the Olympiads begins on July 23, when the victoro at Olympia were first registered ; Coroebus being the first vic- tor enrolled. 774 Thurimas became king of Macedon. 773 Zachariah, son of Jeroboam and great-grandson of Jehu, and the last of his race, is made king in the 38th year of Azariah of Judah. 772 Shallum, at the end of the year, dethrones, murders and suc- ceeds him ; but is soon murdered and succeeded by Menahem. Sculpture first mentioned in piofune history, an Egyptian art. Placed by some in the seventh century. 771 Pul, the king of Nineveh, who repented at Jonah's preaching, invades Israel and renders Menaham tributary. 701 Menahem, having perpetrated dire cruelties and enormous wick- edness dies, and is succeeded by his son Pekahiah. Alyattes king of Lydia. 759 Pekah, one of Pekahiah's captains, murders and succeeds him. 758 Azariah or Uzziah of Judah, having reigned very prosperously, but at length having been smitten with leprosy for presuming to burn incense in the temple, dies, after reigning 52 years, and is succeeded by his son Jotham. Isaiah and Hosea continue to prophesy. B. C 753 Rome built on the 20th of April, according to Varro, in the year 3961 of the Julian period. 747 Belesis, otherwise Baladan or Nabonassar, founds the Babylonian empire. This famous epoch of Nabonassar falls 747 years B. C. Tiglath-pileser continues the Assyrian empire, but is reduced into very narrow limits. Beigned 19 years; accord- ing to some 30 years. Union of the Romans and Sabines. 743 Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah king of Israel invade Judah. The first war between Mcssenia and Sparta begins. 742 Jotham having reigned 16 years, dies, and is succeeded by his son Ahaz. 741 Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah of Isr?el, confederate against Ahaz to dethrone him, to set aside the family of David and to appoint a king over Judah of another race; but God, by Isaiah, assures Ahaz that this design shall not succeed, because Immanuel, the son of a virgin should yet spring from the stock of David. 740 Nevertheless, for the wickedness of Ahaz and Judah, God gives Pekah a great victory in which 120,000 men of Judah were slain. Tiglath-pileser defeats and slays Rezin king of Damascus ; en- ters the land of Israel and takes many cities and captives, chiefly from Reuben, Gad and and the half of Manasseh. The first captivity of Israel. 739 In the days of Pekah, probably towards the close of his reign, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, carried captive the inhabit- ants of the western and northern regions of the land. Hoshea, son of Elah, slays Pekah and usurps the kingdom. 737 Sebacon invades Egypt. 735 Candaules king of Lydia. 734 Merodac Baladan. Nothing is known of the succeeding kings of Babylon. 732 Syracuse built by a Corinthian colony. 730 Hosiica. probably about nine years after he had murdered Pekah, is established as king of Israel. 729 Perdiccas I. king of Macedon. 728 Shalmanezer succeeds Tiglath-pileser king of Nineveh. 727 Ahaz, king of Judah, dies. 726 Hezekiah restores the worship of the Lord in Judea, which Aliaz had subverted. 725 Habakkuk and Nahum prophesy about this time. Hoshea makes an alliance with So, king of Egypt, and endeav- ors to shake oif the yoke of Shalmanezer. 724 Shalmanezer besieges Samaria; 721 Takes it after three years' siege, artd carries beyond the Euphra- tes the tribes that Tiglath-pileser had not already carried into captivity, in the ninth year of Hoshea and sixth of Hezekiah. The first eclipse of the moon observed by the Chaldeans at Babylon. B.C. 718 Gyges murders Candaules and succeeds to the Lydian throne. 717 Sennacherib king of Assyria. 716 Romulus murdered by the senators. 715 Numa Pompilius king of Rome. 713 Sennacherib, king of Assyria invades Judah, but appeased by a tribute, recedes. About the same time Hezekiah is sick nigh to death, but he is restored by a miracle, and deliverance from the Assyrians is promised him. Gela in Sicily founded. 712 Sennacherib again invades Judah, takes many cities, prepares to besiege Jerusalem, and sends menacing and blasphemous mes- sages and letters to Hezekiah ; but in answer to the prayers of Hezekiah and Isaiah, and the remnant of the pious Jews, his army is cut off by an angel and soon after he is murdered at Nineveh in the temple of his idol, by his own sons. Esar-haddon succeeds Sennacherib. 711 Tartan sent by Esar-haddon against the Philistines, the Idumae- ans and the Egyptians. 710 Roman calendar reformed. The year divided into twelve months instead of ten as before. 709 Media becomes a kingdom under Dejoces. Ecbatana founded by Dejoces. 707 Tarentum built by the Parthenians. 703 Corcyra built by the Corinthians. 698 Hezekiah dies, and is succeeded by his son Manasseh, aged only 12 years. 685 The second war between Messenia and Sparta begins. Twelve of the principal lords of Egypt seize the kingdom, of which each governs a part with equal authority. Iambic verse introduced by Archilochus. Tyrtaeus and Evander, poets. Second Messenian war. 680 Babylon and Nineveh united under Esar-haddon. Thus ended the second Assyrian Empire and commenced the Babylonian Empire. Chess invented. 678 Argaeus, first king of Macedon. 676 Manasseh reigns most wickedly, beyond all who preceded him ; till he is carried captive to Babylon. Holofernes, Assyrian general, 672 Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome. 670 Psammeticus, one of the twelve kings, defeats the other eleven, and remains sole master of Egypt. He takes Azotus after a siege of twenty years. 668 Messina, in Sicily, founded. 667 Saosduchinus or Nebuchodonosor, king of Babylon. 665 Alba destroyed. 660 Memphis becomes capital of Egypt. 659 Cypselus usurps the government of Corinth and keeps it for 30 years. B.C. 658 Byzantium founded by a colony of Megara under Byzas. 657 Phraortes, king of Media. The war of Holofernes, wlio is slain in Judea by Judith. Attempt to discover the primitive language of mankind. Inter- preters instituted by Psammeticus. Children educated in the language and manners of Grreece. 647 Saracus king of Babylon and Nineveh. Phraortes conquers Persia, Armenia, etc. 643 Manasseh, having deeply repented, and being restored to his kingdom, supports the worship of God till his death, having reigned in all 52 years. 641 His son Amnion, who succeeded him, aged 22 years, persisting in wickedness, is slain (after reigning two years) by his ser- vants, and succeeded by his own son, Josiah, being only eight years old. 640 Aneus Martins, king of Rome. The port of Ostia built The Latins conquered by the Romans. Philip I. king of Macedon. 634 Cyaxares king of Media. 631 Sadyattes king of Lydia. 630 Josiah begins to reform Judah and Israel. 629 Jeremiah enters on his prophetical office, being then a young man. Periander encourages learning at Corinth. 626 Nabopolassar's revolt against Saracus. He makes himself master of Babylon. 624 .The Scythians invade Asia Minor, of which they keep possession for 28 years. Josiah gives orders for repairing the temple at Jerusalem. Mon- ey collected for repairing the temple. The prophetess Hulclah foretells the calamities that threaten Ju- dah, but not in -Tosiah's time. In the same year Josiah proceeds with and completes his refor- mation and fulfils the predictions delivered concerning him above 300 years before. 623 Draco frames his bloody code of laws at Athens. 622 Josiah celebrates the passover with extraordinary zeal and solem- nity. 619 Alyattes II. king of Lydia. 616 Tarquinius Priscus king of Rome. Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt. 612 Destruction of Nineveh. From henceforth Babylon is the capi- tal of the Assyrian Empire. 610 Josiah, being 37 years of age, and having reigned 31 years, is slain in battle against Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt, and greatly lamented by Judah and Jeremiah. The people of the land make Jehoahaz, Josiali's second son, king in his stead. Zephaniah prophesied during the reign of Josiah. After three months Pharaoh-necho carries Jehoahaz captive into Egypt; makes Jehoiakim, Josiah's eldest son, king over Judah. B.C. GIO The canal between the Mediterranean and the Red sea begun by Pharaoh-necho. The lives of 12,000 men lost in the attempt. He sends out a Phenician fleet, which, sailing through the straits of Babelmandel, returned the third year by the straits of Grib- raltar, thus circumnavigating Africa. 607 Nebuchadnezzar is associated with Nabopolassar his father, king of Babylon, in the kingdom. 006 Nebucliadnezzar makes war on Jehoiakim and renders him trib- utary. At this time Daniel and his friends were led captive, and many of the sacred vessels of the temple were carried to Babylon ; and from this year the principal computation of the seventy years' captivity begins. Sappho, AlcfBus, Pittacus, Bins, Chilo, Myson, Anacharsis, ^sop, Ilychis, Theognis, Stesichorus, Phocylides and Cadmus (of Mi- letus) flourish about this time. G05 Nabopolassar dies, and Nebuchadnezzar succeeds to the whole authority. 604 Solon. The seven sages of Greece lived about this time. 603 Jehoiakim revolts from Nebuchadnezzar. Tn the same year Daniel reveals and interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the image, as predicting the four great monarchies, the Chaldean, Medo-Persian, Grecian and Roman ; and the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, which destroyed and dissipated the image, denoting the kingdom of Christ and its final, universal prevalence. Daniel and his friends are greatly preferred. 602 ^ropas, king of Macedon, conquers Illyria. 601 Astyages, the son of Cyaxares, gives his daughter in marriage to Cambyses, king of Persia. 600 Psammis king of Egypt six years. Jehoiakim is slain and succeeded by his son Jehoiachin, or Jeco- niah, or Jeconias, or Coniah. The spherical form of the earth and the true cause of lunar eclipses taught by Thales, one of the seven wise men of Greece, who discovers the electricity of amber about this time. 599 Cyrus born, son of Cambyses and Mandane. 598 Jehoiachin revolts against Nebuchadnezzar; is taken, put to death, and cast to the fowls of the air. Is succeeded by Zed- ekiah. 596 The Scythians expelled from Asia Minor by Cyaxares. 595 Astyages king of Media. 594 Phai-aoh Hophra king of Egypt. Solon's legislation in Athens supersedes that of Draco. 591 The Pythian games at Delphi. 588 Jerusalem taken on the ninth day of the fourth month, (June) after 18 months' siege, the 11th year of Zedekiah. Zedekiah, endeavoring to flee by night, is taken and brought to Riblah, to Nebuchadnezzar. His sons are slain in his pi'esence, hi« eyes are put out, and he is carried to Babylon. Jerusalem and the temple burned seventh d;iy of the fourth B.C. month. The Jews of Jerusalem and Judea carried captive be yond the Euphrates. The poorer classes only left in the land. 588 Thus ends the kingdom of Judea, after it had subsisted four hun- dred and sixty years, from the beginning of the reign of David; and three hundred and eighty-seven years from the separation of Judah and the ten tribes ; and one hundred and thirty-three years after the ruin of the kingdom of Israel. About this time Obadiah prophesied against the insulting Edom- ites. The 137th Psalm was probably written about this time. Eighth Period. from the captivity to alexander the great — 258 tears. 533 Gedaiiah made governor of the remains of the people. He is slain. 587 Jeremiah carried into Egypt by the Jews, after the death of Gedaliah ; prophesies in Egypt. Ezekiel in Chaldea prophesies against the captives of Judah. 585 The siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar ; lasted' thirteen years. During the interval Nebuchadnezzar wars against the Idumaeans, the Ammonites and Moabites. Obadiah prophesies against Idumaea. Death of Periander, tyrant of Corinth. 584 Nebuzaradan carries captive the scattered remnant of the Jews 583 Nebuchadnezzar requires all his officers to worship a golden image which he had set up, but Shadrach, Meshach and Abed- nego magnanimously refuse. They are cast into the fiery fur- nace and are miraculously preserved. 582 Nebuchadnezzar invades Elam, takes Susa. The IdumEean games restored, and celebrated every first and third year of the Olympiads. Corinth becomes a republic. 578 Servius Tullius sixth king of Rome. 576 Alcetas or Alectas ascended the throne of Macedon. He coins money at Rome. Solon's laws observed at Athens. The establishment of the Centuries at Rome. 572 Nebuchadnezzar takes Tyre after a siege of thirteen years, and the spoil of Egypt, which he next invaded, is promised to him as his wages. 571 Nebuchadnezzar wars against Egypt, and returns to Babylon. Apries, king of Egypt, is strangled in his palace. Amasis suc- ceeds him. 569 Nebuchadnezzar, being rendered insolent by prosperity, is warned by a dream of a dire calamity which was coming upon him, which dream Daniel interprets. B.C. 569 Amasis reigos after him in peace. Connection between Greece and Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar's dream is fulfilled in his most extraordinary in- sanity. 568 Dipcenus and Scyllis open a school of statuary at Sicyon. Egypt possesses 20,000 inhabited cities. The Nemean games restored. 567 Conquest of the Etrurians by Kome. First census of Rome, 84,700 citizens. 562 Croesus king of Lydia. Solon and ^sop at his court. First comedy acted at Rome on a cart by Susarion and Dolon. Dials invented by Anaximander of Miletus. Anaximenes, Cleobulus. 561 Nebuchadnezzar recovers his senses at the end of seven years, is restored to his authority, and adores and honors the God of heaven. He dies, and is succeeded by Evil-Merodach, who releases Je- hoiachin in the 37th year of his captivity, and treats him with kindness. 560 Pisistratus first usurped the sovereignty at Athens. 559 Cyaxares II. or Darius, king of Media. The empire of Persia, or the Persian monarchy, was first found- ed by Cyrus the Great, about 559 years before the Christian era; and under the succeeding monarchs it became one of « the most considerable and powerful kingdoms of the earth. Evil-merodach is slain and succeeded by Neriglissar, his brother- in-law. In the same year Cyrus the Persian joins Cyaxares the Mede against Babylon, being about 41 years of age. 556 Cyrus, as commander of the Modes and Persians, slays in battle Neriglissar, and soon after his successor Laborosoarchod. 555 Belshazzar, the son of Evil-Merodach, succeeds to the throne of Babylon, and in the same year Daniel has his vision of the four beasts, as emblematic of the four great empires subvert- ed and succeeded by the kingdom of Christ, according to Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the image. 553 Daniel has the vision of the ram and the he-goat, etc., as em- blematic of the Medo-Persian empire, subverted by Alexan- der the Great, and the Grecian empire under his successors, and many subsequent events. 549 The Temple of Apollo at Delphi burnt by the Pisistratidae. 548 Sardis taken by Cyrus. Crcesus taken prisoner. The Lydian Kingdom ended and became a Roman province. 547 Amyntas I. king of Macedonia. 541 Cyrus, having conquered a great part of Asia, besieges Belshaz- zar in Babylon. 540 The Corinthian order of architecture invented by Calimachus. 539 Marseilles built by the Phocseans. The age of Pythagoras, Simonides, Thespis, Xenophanes and Anacreon. 538 While Belshazzar celebrates a licentious feast, and blasphemes B.C. the God of heaven, by profaning the sacred vessels in honoi of liis idols, a hand-writing on the wall terrifies him, which Daniel interprets to denounce his immediate ruin and the sub- version of his kingdom by the Medes and Persians ; and in that night Cyrus takes Babylon, slays Belshazzar, and trans- fers the kingdom to Cyaxares his uncle, called in scripture Darius the Mede. 538 I'hus the Medo-Persian empire is established, being the breast and arms of silver in Nebuchadnezzar's image, and the bear in Daniel's vision. (Scott.) 537 After the death of Cyaxares and Cambyses, Cyrus, who succeeded both in their dominions, united the empire of the Medes with those of the Babylonians and Persians, and of the three formed a fourth under the name of the Empire of the Per- sians, which subsisted 206 years from the following date. 536 Cyrus proclaims liberty to the captive Jews, permits and en- courages them to rebuild the temple and city and restores the sacred vessels. In consequence of this proclamation a remnant of Jews go to Jerusalem, being assisted by their brethren and by others. This terminates the seventy years' captivity from the third of Jehoiakim when Daniel was carried captive to Babylon. Pythagoras visits Egypt. Joshua high priest of Israel. Thespis performs the first tragedy at Athens. 535 The remnant of Jews, having arrived at Jerusalem, set up an altar, begin to observe their solemn feasts and prepare to re- build the temple. 534 They lay the foundation with mingled tears and acclamations of praise. Tarquinius Superbus king of Rome. Gabii taken by stratagem. 533 The Samaritans, bribing the courtiers of Cyrus, obstruct the work of the temple. 530 Cadiz built by the Carthaginians near the ancient Tarshish. 529 Cyrus dies on a tour which he makes into Persia at the age of 70, after having reigned seven years alone and thirty from his setting out from Persia at the head of an army to aid Cyaxares. He is succeeded by his son Cambyses or Ahasue- rus. 527 Pisistratus dies. 526 Learning encouraged at Athens and a public library built. 525 Psammenitus king of Egypt. He reigns only six months. 522 Polycrates tyrant of Samos put to death. Cambyses, after subjecting Egypt, dies, and Smerdis the Ma- gian, called in scripture Artaxerxes, usurps the throne of Persia. He reigns only seven months. 521 The Samaritans write to him against the Jews in rebuilding the temple, and obtain a decree forbidding them to proceed. In the same year Smerdis or Artaxerxes is slain and Darius B.C. Hystaspes ascends the throne. About this time the Persian kings, making Susa their capital, neglect Babylon, which be- gins to decay. 521 Confucius, the celebrated Chinese philosopher flourished at this time. 520 Zerubbabel and Jeshua, excited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward the building of the temple. Hecataeus the historian flourishes. 518 The Samaritans and their associates again attempt to hinder the work, but are made to desist by a decree of Darius. About this time Haggai prophesies that the glory of this tempfi shall exceed that of the foru;er temple. 517 The Babylonians, having revolted from Darius, are reduced, am the high walls of Babylon are demolished. 514 Hipparchus, the tyrant, assassinated at Athens. Expedition of Darius against the Scythians. Miltiades goes to settle in the Cliersouesus. 510 The Pisistratidae expelled from Attica. Democracy established at Athens. Statues erected to Harmodius and Aristogitou, leaders in the revolution. Thrace ravaged by Scythians. Hippias the tyrant, brother of Hipparchus, expelled from Ath- ens. 509 The consular government begins at Rome after the expulsion of the Tarquinii, and continues independent 46 1 years, till the bat- tle of Pharsalia. Brutus and Collatiuus first consuls of Rome. 508 Darius penetrates into India and reduces all that great country into subjection. Conspiracy at Rome for the restoration of the Tarquinii. Death of Brutus. 507 Second census of Rome, 130,909 citizens. The capitol finished. War against the Tarquins and their ally Porsenna, king of Etru- ria. Heraclitus, Parmenides, Theano, Aristagoras, Protagoras, Anax- agoras, philosophers, Milo the wrestler, Corinna the poetess, flourish about this time. 503 The Persians form the siege of the capital of Naxos, and are obliged to raise it in six months. 500 Sardis taken by the Athenians and burnt, which became after- wards the cause of the invasion of Greece by the Persians. The Phenician letters carried to Ireland from Spain. Pythagoras teaches the doctrine of celestial motions. 498 The struggle between the plebeians and the patricians commen- ces at Rome. Lartius the first dictator. 497 The Persians defeat the lonians in a sea fight before the Island of Lados, and make themselves masters of Miletus. Alexander I. king of Macedou. B.C. 497 Hippocrates tyrant of Grela. 496 Posthumius dictator at Rome. 494 Darius sends Gobryas, his son-in-law, at the head of the army to attack Greece. 493 The Roman populace retire to Mons Sacer. Tribunes of the people appointed. 490 The grand Persian invasion of Greece by Datis and Artapher- nes. Battle of Marathon gained by Miltiades over the Per- sians. 489 Unfortunate end of Miltiades. 487 Exile of Coriolanus. Rome besieged by him. His retreat and death. Artabazes king of Pontus. 486 Darius Hystaspes, after a prosperous reign, dies, and is succeeded by his son, Xerxes the Great. 485 Gelon tyrant of Syracuse. 484 Birth of the historian Herodotus. 483 Jehoiachim high priest of the Jews. Quaestors appointed at Rome. The Etrurians excel in music, the drama and architecture. 480 Xerxes sets out to make war against the Greeks. Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas, king of the Lacedsemons, is killed in it. Sea fight near Artemisium at the same time as the battle of Thermopylae. Birth of Euripides. Battle of Salamis, followed by the precipitate return of Xerxes into Persia. About this time flourished ^schylus, Pindar, Charon, Zeuxis, Aristides, etc. Hamilcar killed in battle. The family of Archeanactes from Mytilene settle in Bosphorus (now Circassia). 479 Mardonius a second time takes Athens. Battle of Platsea. Sea fight the same day near Mycale, in which the Persians are defeated. 478 Death of Confucius. China distracted by internal wars. Xerxes destroys the celebrated temple of Bel at Babylon, which fur- ther tends to the decay of that city. The Athenians rebuild the walls of their city, which had been demolished by Xerxes, notwithstanding the opposition of the Lacedaemonians. 477 Athens begins to acquire the ascendancy among the states. The 300 Fabii killed at Cremera. Simonides of Cos, obtains the prize at Olympia for teaching a system of Mnemonics, which he had invented. 476 The command of the armies of Greece, of which the Lacedae- mons had been in possession from the battle of Thermopylae is transferred to the Athenians. 474 Pausanias, general of the Lacedaemonians, accused of holding secret intelligence with Xerxes is put to death. B.C. 473 Themistocles, the Athenian general, is accused of having had a share in Pausanias' plot, and takes refuge with Admetus king of the Molossians. Sophocles and Euripides appear in Greece about this time. Empirics instituted by Acron of Agrigentum. 472 Syracuse governed by Hiero. i71 Cimoa receives the command of the armies at Athens. The year following he defeats the Persians and takes their fleet near the mouth of the river Eurimedon. Birth of the historian Thucydides. Themistocles, accused of conspiracy, flees to Xerxes. 470 Great earthquake at Sparta, in the reign of Archidamus, which makes way for a sedition of the Helots. Birth of Socrates. 4G9 Pericles begins to distinguish himself. Phidias famous for his skill in architecture and sculpture. 4GG Themistocles puts an end to his life, at Magnesia, about this time. 465 The third Messenian war begins, and continues ten years. Xerxes is killed by Artabanes the captain of his guards. Artaxerxes, surnamed Ijongimanus, succeeds him. 4G2 Ahasuerus, being fully established on the throne, makes a great feast for his nobles, and divorces Vashti his queeu for disobey- ing his orders. 461 Thrasybulus succeeds Hiero at Syracuse, and is expelled for his cruelty. 4G0 Egypt, under Inarus, revolts from Persia. Voyage of the Carthaginians to Britain for tin. Democracy at Syracuse. 4&9 Defeat of the Persian army in Egypt. Athens assumes to be the head of Greece. 453 Esther the Jewess pleases the king, and is made queen instead of Vashti. 457 Ezra the priest, a learned scribe, obtains a commission from Ar- taxerxes to go as governor to Jerusalem, to reform and settle the state of the nation. From this decree the date of Daniel's seventy weeks is supposed to begin. About this time Mordecai discovers the treason of Bigtha and Teresh. 456 Ezra, arriving at Jerusalem with priests, Levites and a large company and considerable treasure, separates the Jews from their heathen wives, whom they had married contrary to the law of Moses. The Egyptians and Athenians are defeated in their turn (see 459), in consequence of which all Egypt returns to its obedience to Artaxerxes, and the Athenians retire to Danarus, where they sustain a siege of a year. Battle of Tanagrea in Boeotia, where the Athenians beat the Spartans, who were come to the aid of the Thebans. Cimoa recalled. Cincinnatus dictator. B.C. 455 All Egypt reduced by Megabyzus. 454 Mordecai refusing to bow lu adoration to Haman, ho in revenge plots tlie destruction of all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Persia. Perdiccas II. king of Macedon. 452 Haman's project of destroying all the Jews is defeated by Es- ther, and ends in the destruction of Hainan and his family and of the enemies of the Jews; in Mordecai's advancement tn the highest authority under the king, and in the great prosperity of the Jews ; in consequence of which the feast of Purim is instituted, which is observed by the Jews to this day. 451 Decemvirs created at Rome, The laws of Twelve Tables compiled and established. 450 The Britons inflict punishment of death by drowning in a quag- mire. Birth of Xenophon. Cimon reconciles the Athenians and Spartans and makes them conclude a truce of five years. 449 End of the war between the Greeks and Persians, which had continued from the burning of Sardis by the Athenians^ 51 years. Death of Cimon. 448 First sacred war between the Phocians and Thebans. 447 The Athenians defeated at Chseronea by the Boeotians. 446 The Lacedaemons conclude a truce for thirty years with the Athenians. The latter soon break it by new enterprises. 445 Herodotus reads his history to the council of Athens, and re- ceives public honors in the 39th year of his age. About this time fl.ourished Empedocles, Aristippus and Antis- thenes, philosophers ; Hellanicus, Herodicus, Artemones, Char- ondas, and Phidias, the finest sculptor of antiquity, Myron the finest sculptor of Athens. Euripides gains the firs-t prize in tragedy. Nehemiah is sent governor to Jerusalem with extensive powers and a commission to build the walls of the city, which he im- mediately attempts and effects, notwithstanding giseat opposi- tion, 444 A colony sent to Thurium by the Athenians. The first military tribunes appointed at Ptome. 441 The battering ram invented by Artemones. 440 Pericles gives his name to the age by his splendid administra- tion of Athenian affairs. Ho makes war with the Samians, and takes the capital of their island after a siege of nine months. Theuxis the famous painter, disciple of Apollodorus. Parrha- sius, his rival, lived at the same time. Aristophanes the comic poet. Famine in Rome. 438 Spartacus takes possession of the Bosphorus. Amphipolis planted by Athenians. >• The Veil defeated by the Romans. ■ Birth of Isocrates. War between the Corinthians and the people of Corcyra. The Athenians engage in it in favor of the Corcyrians. The in- habitants of Potidaea declare on the side of Corinth against Athens. Alcibiades begins to appear in this war which occa- sions that of Peloponnesvis. Scopas architect and sculptor. Romans at war with the Tuscans. The Temple of Apollo dedicated. Nehemiah goes to the Persian court, but returning found cor- ruptions had crept in, and to enforce reformation he banished the grandson of Eliashib the high priest, who had married the daughter of Sanballat the Heronite, Avho in consequence excited Sanballat and the Samaritans to build a temple on Mount Gerizim, in opposition to that of Jerusalem, which per- petuated the enmity between the Jews and Samaritans. (?) Meton begins here his 19 years' cycle of the moon. Beginning of the Peloponnesian war. It continues 27 years. The Equi and Volsci defeated by the Romans. A terrible plague rages in Attica, which lasts five years. The physician Hippocrates of Cos distinguishes himself by his ex- traordinary cure of the sick. Socrates the greatest of heathen moralists. Thucydides and Ctesias historians. Democritus the laughing philosopher. About this time flourished also Cratinus, Eupolis, Euctemon, Grorgias, and Malachi the last of the prophets. Pericles dies, having governed Athens 40 years. The Lacedsemonians besiege Plataaa. Plato founder of the ancient Academy. He lived 80 years. Death of Artaxerxes. Xerxes his son succeeds him. He reigns only 45 days. Sogdiaiaus puts Xerxes to death, and causes himself to be ac- knowledged king in his stead. His reign continues only six months. An earthquake separates the peninsula of Euboea from the main land. Ochus. known under the name of Darius Nothus, rids himself of Sogdianus and succeeds him. The Athenians, under Nicias, make themselves masters of Cy- thera. Thucydides is banished by the Athenians, whose army he com- mands, for having suffered Amphipolis to be taken. Polygnotus, famed particularly for his painting in the portico at Athens, in which he represents the principal events of the Trojan war. (!Iampaign of Brasidas in Thrace. Treaty of peace concluded by the application of Nicias, between 4 B.C. the Lacedaemonians and Athenians, in the tenth year from the beginning of the Lacedaemonian war. '121 Alcibiades, by an imposture occasions its being broken off the following year. 420 The 90th Olympiad. The banishment of Hyperbolus puts an end to the Ostracism. 416 Alcibiades engages the Athenians to assist the people of Egesta against the Syracusans. 41 5 Alcibiades, one of the generals sent to Sicily by the Athenians, is recalled to Athens^ to answer accusations against him. He flees to Sparta and is condemned for contumacy. 414 Pisuthnes, governor of Syria, revolts against Darius. The Egyptians do the same, and choose Amyrtaeus for their king. 413 Archelaus king of Macedon. 411 Alcibiades, to avoid the envy his great actions had drawn upon him at Sparta, throws himself into the arms of Tissaphernes one of the king of Pei'sia's satraps. The Lacedaemonians by the help of Tissaphernes conclude a treaty of alliance with the king of Persia. 410 Thucydides' history ends, and Xenophon's begins. 409 Alcibiades is recalled to Athens. His return occasions the ab- olition of the Four Hundred, who had been invested with su- preme authority. Darius gives Cyrus, his youngest son, the government in chief of all the provinces of Asia Minor. The Carthaginians enter Sicily where they destroy Selinus and Himera, but they are repulsed by Hermocrates. Here the Old Testament closes, and there is no more scripture information till the time of Zecharias and Elizabeth, the par- ents of John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Saviour. 408 Psammeticus ki«g of Egypt. 406 Lysander is placed at the head of the Lacedaemonians. He de- feats the Athenians near Ephesus. In consequence of that defeat Alcibiades is deposed and ten generals are nominated to succeed him. 405 Callicratidas is invested with the command of the army in the room of Lysander, from whom the Lacedaemonians had ta- ken it. He is killed in a sea fight near Arginusse. Lysander is restored to the command of the Lacedaemonian ar- my. He gains a famous victory over the Athenians at ^gos- potamus. Conon, who commanded the Athenian forces, retires after his de- feat to Evagoras, king of Cyprus. 404 Lysander makes himself master of Athens, changes the form of the government, and establishes thirty Archons, commonly called the thirty tyrants. Sparta becomes the ruling state in Greece. End of the Peloponnesian war. Death of Darius. Nothus kino; of Persia dies. B. C. 404 Arsaces his son succeeds liim, and takes the name of Artaxerxes Mnemon. Cyrus the younger intends to assassinate his brother Artaxerxes. His design being discovered, he is sent to the maritime prov- inces of which he was governor. 403 Interview of Cyrus the younger and Lysauder of Sardis. Thrasybulus expels the tyrants from Athens and establishes its liberty. 402 Cyrus the younger prepares for war with his brother Artaxerxes. 400 Socrates put to death at Athens. Lacedaemon declares war against Tissapherncs and Pharnabasus. Siege of Veii begun. 399 Amyntas II. king of Macedon. Catapultae invented by Dionysius. 398 Pausanias king of Macedon. 397 Lake Alba drained. Amyntas II. of 3Iacedon recovers his throne. Agesilaus is elected king of Sparta. The year following he goes to Attica to the aid of the Greekss settled there. 396 Nephereus king of Egypt. Cynics, sect of philosophers established by Antisthenes. 395 Lysander quarrels with Agesilaus and undertakes to change the order of the succession to the throne. The army of Tissapherncs is defeated by Agesilaus near Sardis. 394 Thebes, Argos and Corinth enter into a league against Laceda)- mon at the solicitation of the Persians. Athens enters into the same league soon after. Agesilaus recalled by the Ephori to the assistance of his country. The fleet of the Lacedaemonians is defeated near Cnidus, by Pharnabasus and Conon the Athenian, who commanded that of the Persians and Greeks. Agesilaus defeats the Thebans almost at the same time, in the plains of Coronea. Conon rebuilds the walls of Athens. 391 Camillus, dictator, takes Veii after a siege of ten years. 390 Rome taken and burnt by the Gauls. Camillus defeats the Gauls and saves Rome. Argaeas, brother of Pausanias, on the throne of Macedon. 389 Acoris king of Egypt. 388 Dionysius besieges Rhegium and takes it after 11 months. About this time flourish Philoxenus, Damon, Pythias, Iphicra- tes, etc. 387 Peace of Antalcidas. Persia obtains the sovereignty of the Asiatic Greeks. 386 Artaxerxes attacks Evagoras, king of Cyprus, with all his forces and obtains a signal victoi'y over him. 385 It is followed by the siege of Salamiu, which is terminated by a treaty of peace. 384 M. Manlius Cupitolinus thrown from the Tarpeian rock. B. C 384 Expedition of Artaxerxes against the Candusians. Birtli of Aristotle fouader of Peripatetics. 383 Bithynia becomes a kingdom. Mithridates I. king of Pontus. The Lacedaemonians deckre war against the city of Olyuthua. Birth of Philip, king of Macedon. 382 Phoebidas, on his way to the siege of Olynthus, at the head of part of the army of the Lacedaemonians, makes himself maa- ter of the citadei of Thebes. Birth of Demosthenes. 380 Treatise on conic sections by Aristaeus. 379 The Carthaginians laud in Italy. 378 Pelopidas, at the head of the other exiles, kills the tyrant of Thebes, and retakes Cadmeia the citadel. The Licinian laws passed at Rome. 377 Artaxerxes Mnemon undertakes to reduce Egypt which had thrown off his yoke for some years. He employs about two years in making preparations for that war. The Lacedaemonians defeated in a sea fight at Naxos by Cha- brias. At this time flourish Isocrates and Isaeus orators. Diogenes the cynic. 376 Psammuthis king of Egypt. Lucius Sextus first plebeian consul. Camillus the fifth time dictator. 375 Nectanebis king of Egypt. 374 Death of Evagoras king of Cyprus. Nicocles, his son, succeeds him. 372 Ellice and Bula in the Peloponnesus, swallowed by an earthquake. 371 Battle of Leuctra, in which the Thebans under Epaminondas and Pelopidas defeat the Lacedaemonians. Death of Amyntas king of Macedon. Alexander II., his eldest son, succeeds him. 370 Ptolemy Alorites king of Macedon. 309 Expedition of Pelopidas against Alexander, tyrant of Pherae. He goes to Macedonia to terminate the difference between Per- diccas and Ptolemy, son of Amyntas, concerning the crown. He carries Philip with him as a hostage to Thebes. 368 A celestial globe brought into Greece from Egypt. 366 Jeshua slain by Johannan in the inner court of the temple at Je- rusalem, by whom a heavy fine is laid on the daily sacrifices. Perdiccas III. king of Macedon. 364 Pelopidas killed in battle. 363 Tachos or Teos king of Egypt. 362 Ariobarzanes king of Pontus. Eevolt of the Persian government in Asia Minor. Battle of Mantinea. Spartans defeated but Epaminondas slain. The- ban supremacy ends in Greece. Curtius leaps into a gulf in the Forum at Rome. The Lacedaemonians send Agesilaus to aid Tachos king of Egypt against Artaxerxes. He dethrones B.C. IcichoS and gives the crown to Nectanebus. He dies on his return from this expedition. 361 Death of Artaxerxes Mnemon. Ochus his sou succeeds him. 360 Phihp ascends the throne of Macedon. He makes peace with the Athenians. Philippics of Demosthenes. Commerce of Rhodes with Africa and Byzantium. Voyages of the Carthaginians under Hanno. Cappadocia becomes a kingdom under Ariarathes I. 358 Phihp takes Amphipolis and loses his right eye by an arrow from Astor. 357 Diouysius the younger is expelled from Syracuse by Dion. The second sacred war begins, on the temple of Delphi's being attacked by the Phoceans. 356 Philip conquers Thrace and Illyria. , The Temple of Diana at Ephesus burnt. This temple was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the world. Alexander the Great born. 355 Demosthenes appears in public for the first time, and encourages the Athenians who were alarmed by the preparations for war making for the king of Persia. 354 Death of Mausolus king of Caria. His tomb was accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. Dion put to death and Syracuse governed seven years by tyrants. About this time flourished Eudoxus, Lycurgus, surnamed Ibis, Theopompus, Ephorus, Datames, Philomelus, etc. 353 The Phoceans uoder Onomarchus are defeated in Thessaly by Philip. 352 Artemisia, widow of Mausolus whom she had succeeded, takes Rhodes. Philip attempts to seize Thermopylae in vain. 451 Successful expedition of Ochus against Phenicia, Cyprus, and afterwards Egypt. 350 Nectanebus, the last king of Egypt of the Egyptian race, is obliged to flee into Ethiopia from whence he never returns. 348 Plato the philosopher dies, aged 80. He is supposed to have seen and studied the Hebrew scriptures, and to have taken many things from them. The sacred war is finished by Philip taking all the cities of the Phoceans. 347 Dionysius recovers the tyranny of Syracuse after ten years' ban- ishment. 346 Philip seizes Thermopylge and part of Phocis. He causes him- self to be admitted into the number of Amphictyons. 345 Duras buried by an earthquake. Twelve cities in Campania buried by an earthquake. War of the Romans against the Samnites begins. Timoleon ex- pels Dionysius again from Syracuse. Aristotle the logician and philosopher, founder of the Peripatet- ics. He is appointed tutor to Alexander. B. C. 343 ^escliines orator. 342 Oratiou of Demosthenes concerniag tlie Chersoueus iu favor of Diopithus. The Lyceum built in Attica. 341 Philip makes war upon Athens. 340 Philip lays siege to Byzantium. Timoleon recovers Syracuse and defeats the Carthaginians at Agrigentum. P. Decius devotes himself to his country. All Campania is subdued. 338 Philip is declared generalissimo of the Greeks in the council of Amphictyons. He makes himself master of Elateea. Battle of Cheronaea wherein Philip defeats the Athenians and the Thebans, who had entered into a league against him. Ochus, king of Persia, is poisoned by Bagoas his favorite. Arses his son succeeds him, and reigns only three years. 337 Philip causes himself to be declared general of the Greeks against the Persians. The same year he repudiates his wife Olympias. His son Alex- ander attends her into Epirus. 33G Philip of Macedon killed by Pausanias. Alexander the Great, his son, twenty years of age, succeeds him. . Arses, king of Persia, is assassinated by Bagoas. Darius Codo- manus succeeds him, the last king of the Medo-Persian empire. 335 Thebes taken and destroyed by Alexander. Pie causes himself to be declared generalissimo of the Greeks against the Per- sians, in a diet assembled at Corinth. Alexander spares the house of Pindar the poet. Thrace annexed to the Macedonian empire. The revolution of eclipses first calculated by Calippus the Athe- nian. Encaustic painting, or the art of burning colors into wood or ivory, invented by Pausias a painter of Sicyon. 334 Alexander the Great sets out for Persia. Battle of Granicus in Phrygia gained by Alexander over Darius May 22, followed by the conquest of almost all Asia Minor. 333. Alexander is seized at Tarsus with a dangerous illness, from having bathed in the river Cydnus. He is cured in a few days. Battle of Issus gained by Alexander in October. Calisthenes the philosopher. 332 Alexander makes himself master of Tyi'e after a siege of seven months. Apelles of Cos, one of the most famous painters of antiquity. Aristides and Protogenes were his cotemporaries. Alexander goes to Jerusalem. He makes himself master of Ga- za, and soon after of all Egypt. He went after the conquest to Jupiter Ammon, and at his return built the city of Alex- andria in Egypt. 331 Battle of Arbeia. It is followed by the taking of Arbela, Babylon, Susa and Persepolis. B. C. 330 Samaritan temple, on Mount Grerizim, built about this time. The Lacedasmonians revolt against the Macedonians. Antipater defeats them in a battle wherein Agis their king is killed. Thalestris, queen of the Amazons, comes to see Alexander at Zadracarta, with a train of 300 women. Philotas and Parmenio, his father, suspected of having conspired against Alexander, with others, are put to death. Darius is seized and laden with chains by Bessus, and soon after assassinated. His death puts an end to the Persian empire, which had subsisted 206 years from its foundation under Cyrus the Great, which is succeeded by the Grecian or Mac- edonian, as denoted by the belly and thighs of brass in Neb- uchadnezzar's dream, the leopard in Daniel's first vision, and the goat in his second. (Scott.) Ninth Period. from alexander the great to the overthrow of the grecian empire — 184 years. 329 Bessus is brought to Alexander, and soon after put to death. Embassy of the Scythians to Alexander, followed by a victory gained by him over that people. Lysippus of Sicyon, a fimous sculptor, flourished about this time. 328 Alexander makes himself master of the rocky eminence of Oxus. Clitus is killed by Alexander at a feast in Maracanda. The death of Calisthenes happens soon after. Alexander marries Boxana, daughter of Oxyartes. 327 Alexander's entrance into India. He gains a great victory over Porus in passing the Hydaspeb. 326 The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates with Alexander's fleet. On the remonstrances of his army, Alexander determines to march back. The city of Oxadrycstt taken. Alexander in great danger there. 325 New war between the Bomans and Samnites. Papirius Cursor dictator at Borne. Alexander's marriage with Siatira, the eldest daugiiter of Darius Bevolt of Harpalus, whom Alexander had made governor of Babylon. Demosthenes is banished for having received presents, and suf- fers himself to be corrupted by Harpalus. 321: Death of Hephajstion at ]<]cbatana. Menander, the inventor of the new comedy, lived about this time. 323 Alexander, on his return to Babylon, dies there, April 21, at the B. c. age of tliirty-two years and eiglit montlis ; whose vast domln- ions and coiK|i;ests, after many dreadful conflicts between his captains, form four kingdoms, Macedonia, Thrace, Syria and Egypt. !}23 Aridasus, Alexander's natural brother, is declared king in his stead. The regency of the kingdom is given to Perdiccas. After the death of Alexander, Ptolemy refounded the kingdom of Egypt, and began to reign. 322 Antipater is besieged in Lamia by the Athenians, and is forced to surrender by capitulation. He soon seizes Athens, and puts a garrison into it. Death of Demosthenes. 321 Alexander's magnificent funeral. Perdiccas puts Eumenes in possession of Cappadocia. League of Ptolemy, Craterus, Antipater and Antigonus against Perdiccas and Eumenes. Unfortunate end of Perdiccas in Egypt. Antipater succeeds him in the regency of the empire. The Roman army passes under the yoke at the Caudine Forks. 320 Eumenes, defeated by Antigonus, shuts himself up in the castle of Nora, where he sustains a siege of a year. Ptolemy makes himself master of Jerusalem, and carries a great number of Jews into Egypt, where they form a colony at Al- exandria. The Sanmites defeated at Luceria. Jaddua the high priest at Jerusalem dies ; succeeded by Onias. 319 Death of Antipater. Polysperchon succeeds him. 318 Phocion's condemnation and death at Athens. 317 Cassander, the son of Antipater. seizes Athens and settles De- metrius Phalereus there to govern the republic. Olympias, the mother of Alexander, causes Aridaeus and Eury- dice his wife to be put to death, as she herself is soon after by order of Cassander, who succeeds Aridaeus in Macedonia. Syracuse and Sicily usurped by Agathocles. 315 Cassander rebuilds Thebes and founds Cassandria. Eumenes is delivered up to Antigonus by his own soldiers and put to death. 314 Antigonus retakes Judea from Ptolemy. 312 The Romans begin the Etruscan war. Zeno institutes the sect of stoics at Athens. Ptolemy son of Lagus conquers Demetrius son of Antigonui near Gaza; becomes again master of Judea. Judea returns to the jurisdiction of the kings of Syria; the Jews pay them tribute some time. Peace concluded between Antigonus and all his enemies except Seleucus. Seleucus makes himself master of Babylon and the neighboring provinces. At this expedition of Seleucus against Babylon begins the famous era of the Seleucidae, called by the Jews the era of contracts B. C. 312 Ptolemy retires into Egypt, carries a gfeat number of the hihab- itants of Phenicia and Judea along with him. Cassander causes Roxana and her son Alexander to be put to death. 310 The Carthaginians defeat Agathocles and besiege Syracuse. Aqueducts and baths in Rome. 309 Polyspherchon puts Hercules the son of Alexander to death, to- gether with his mother Berenice. 308 Ophelias governor of Libya revolts against Ptolemy. 306 Demetrius Poliorcetes makes himself master of Athens, and re- establishes the democratic government. The same year he makes himself master of Salamin and the whole island of Cy- prus. Demetrius Phalereus, who commanded at Athens, retires to Thebes. The Athenians throw down his statues and condemn him to death. Antigonus and his son Demetrius assume the title of kings. The other princes follow their example. 305 War in India against Sandrocottus. 304 Demetrius Poliorcetes forms the siege of Rhodes, which he is forced to raise the year after. 302 The Rhodians employ the money raised by the sale of the ma- chines which Demetrius had used in the siege of their city, and had given them as a present, in erecting the famous Co- lossus of Rhodes, completed in 12 years. This is accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander and Lysimachus enter into a league against Antigonus and Demetrius his son. 301 Battle of Ipsus wherein Antigonus is defeated and killed. It is followed by the division of the empire of Alexander among the four allied princes. The Jews had little concern except with the kingdom of Egypt and Syria. At this time they formed a part of Ptolemy's do- minion. Onias dies. Simon the Just made high priest. 300 First plebeian high priest at Rome. Euclid of Alexandria, the celebrated mathematician. Pyrrho founder of the Skepti^^s, Epicurus of the Epicureans. Bion of Borysthenes, the philosopher, flourished about this time. Seleucus king of Syria builds Antioch. Athens refuses to receive Demetrius Poliorcetes. 298 Death of Cassander king of Macedon. Antipater succeeds him. He reigns but one year, and is succeed- ed by Alexander his brother. About this time Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, espouses Antigone of the house of Ptolemy, and returns into his dominions, out of which he had been driven by the Molossi. 295 Demetrius Poliorcetes retakes Athens. Ljsimachus and Ptole- my almost at the same time deprive him of all he possessed. B. C. 294 Demetrius puts to death Alexander king of Macedon, who had called him in to his aid, and seizes his dominions, where he reigns seven years. 293 Seleucus, king of Syria, builds Seleucia on the Tigris, which tends greatly to depopulate Babylon. The first sun dial erected at Rome by Papirius Cursor, and the time first divided into hours. 291 Seleucus about this time built about forty cities in Asia, which he peopled with difi'erent nations. 290 Simon the Just dies, and is succeeded in the high-priesthood by his brother Eleazer. Fabius introduces painting at Rome. The Colossus built by Chares of Chares of Lindus, the fifth among the seven wonders of the world. End of the Samnite war with the Romans. 287 Pyrrhus and Lysimachus take Macedonia from Demetrius. 286 Demetrius dies miserably the next year in prison. Pyrrhus expelled from Macedon. Law of Hortensius, by which the decrees of the people had the force of those of the senate. 285 The Scythians invade Bosphorus. Theocritus the father of pastoral poetry. Dionysius the astronomer at Alexandria, begins his era. He found the solar year to consist of 365 days, 5 hours and 49 minutes. The light house or watch tower of Pharos near Alexandria, the seventh wonder of the world, is finished by Ptolemy Soter. Ptolemy Soter of Egypt resigns his throne to his son Ptolemy Philadelphus. Foundation of the kingdom of Pergamus, by Philetaerus patron of the arts. 284 The Ach^an League formed by the inhabitants of the three Ionian cities, Patrae, Dyme and Pharae, and continued formid- able upwards of 130 years. 283 Demetrius Phalereus is shut up in a fort by order of Phila/- delphus and kilk himself there. Lysimachia destroyed by an earthquake. The Gauls and Etrurians subdued. 282 Seleucus Nicator king of Syria, declares war against Lysimachus king of Macedon. 281 Lysimachus is killed in a battle in Phrygia. Seleucus enters Macedon to take possession of the kingdom. He is assassina- ted by Ceraunus. Antiochus Soter his son, succeeds him iu the kingdom of Syria. The Tarentine war. 280 Ceraunus, to secure the kingdom of Macedon to himself, puts the two children of Lysimachus by Arsinoe to death, and ban- ishes her into Samothracia. The republic of the Achaeans resumes its ancient form, which it had lost under Philip and Alexander. B. C. 280 Pyrrhus king of Epirus, called in by the Tarentines, enters Italy to make war against the Romans. He gives them battle for the first time near Heraclea where the advantage is wholly on his side. He is again successful in a second battle fought the year following. A Roman legion seizes Rhegium by treachery. 279 Irruption of Gauls into Macedon. Ceraunus gives them battle in which he is killed. Meleager his brother succeeds him. 278 The Gauls under Brennus are cut to pieces near the temple of Delphi. About this time flourished Sostratus, Theocritus, Philo, Aratus, Lycophron, etc. Pyrrhus abandons Italy and goes to Sicily which he conquers. Sosthenes drives the Gauls out of Macedonia. He is made king there and reigns two years. 277 Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, causes the holy scriptures to be translated into Greek, caJled the Septuagint version of the Bible. 72 translators were shut up in 36 cells ; each pair translated the whole, and on subsequent comparison the 36 copies did not vary by word or letter. (Justin Martyr.) A multitude of emigrated Gauls, after many defeats and disas- ters, pass over out of Greece into Asia Minor ; and there ob- tain a settlement in the country afterwards called Galatia. Death of Sosthenes. Antigonus Gonatus, son of Poliorcetes, who reigned afterwards during ten years in Greece, makes himself king of Macedon in his stead. Antiochus, king of Syria, disputes the posssession of it with him. Their differ- ence terminates by the marriage of Antigonus with Phila, the daughter of Stratonice and Seleucus. The Carthaginians send Mago with a fleet to aid the Romans against Pyrrhus. 275 Alexandria the seat of learning and trade. Pyrrhus defeated in Italy by Curius Dentatus. Antiochus defeats the Gauls in a bloody battle, and delivers the country from their oppressions. By this victory he gained the name of Soter. Hiero and Artemidorus are made supreme magistrates by the Syracusan troops. 272 Pyrrhus undertakes the siege of Sparta and cannot reduce it. He is killed the next year at the siege of Argos. The Samnites and Tarentines defeated by the Romans. 269 The first coining of silver at Rome under the consulship of Fa- bius Pictor and Gulo. 268 Antigonus Gonatus makes himself master of Athens, which h-ad entered into a league with the Macedonians against him. 267 Ptolemy makes a canal from the Nile to the Red sea. 266 Sparta free. All lower Italy subdued by the Romans. B.C. 265 Abantidas makes himself tyrant of Sicyon, after having put Cli- nias its governor to death. Magus, governor of Cyrenaica and Libya, revolts against Ptole- my Philadelphus. 264 The first Punic war begins, and continues 23 years. The chronology of the Arundelian marbles composed. About this time flourished Lycon, Crates, Hermachus, Helenus and Aristotimus. Gladiators first exhibited at Rome. 263 Death of Philetaerus, king and founder of Pergamus. Eumenes his nephew succeeds him. 261 Antiochus Soter, king of Syria, causes his son Antiochus to be proclaimed king. Berosus of Babylon, the historian, lived about this time. The Romans win their first naval battle. 260 The Carthaginians defeated at sea by Duilius, who had the first naval triumph in November. The sect of Sadducees derived its name from Sadok president of the Sanhedrim. 259 Sea-fight between the Romans and Carthaginians near the coast of Myle. 258 Accommodation between Magus and Ptolemy Philadelphus. 256 Regulus, the Roman general, is defeated and taken prisoner by the Carthaginians under Xanthlppus. Athens is restored to liberty by Antigonus. The fourth imperial dynasty of China. 255 War between Antiochus king of Syria and Philadelphus. Carthaginian sea fight near Ecnomos in Sicily. 254 Palermo besieged by the Romans. About this time the Huns are first heard of governed by Teuman. 252 Aratus the son of Clinias delivers Sicyon from tyranny and unites it with the Achaean League. Mithridates IV. king of Pontus is besieged in his capital by the Gauls. 250 Arsaces revolts against Agathocles, governor for Antiochus in the country of the Parthians. Parthia disputed the empire of the world with the Romans, who had seen no country unconquered by their arms. It remained an empire till 229 A. D. when it became a Persian province. About the same time Theodorus, governor of Bactriana, revolts and causes himself to be declared king of that province. 249 Treaty of peace between Antiochus and Ptolemy Philadelphus, which puts an end to the war. By one of the conditions of that treaty Antiochus repudiates Laodice and marries Bere- nice, Ptolemy's daughter. The Romans under Claudius Pulcher are totally defeated by the Carthaginians under Adherbal off Drepanum, Sicily. Regulus is sent to Rome to propose the exchange of prisoners. At his return the Carthaginians put him to death with the most cruel torments. B. C. 248 Agis, king of Sparta, endeavors to revive the ancient institutions of Lycurgus. Leonidas his colleague is deposed for refusing to consent to it. Cleombrotus his son-in-law reigns in his stead, yiege of Lilybaeum by the Romans. 247 Death of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt. Ptolemy Ev- ergetes his son succeeds him. Appollonius of Rhodes author of a poem upon the expedition of the Argonauts. 246 Antiochus, surnamed Theos, king of Syria, is poisoned by his wife Laodice. She afterwards causes her son Seleucus Callinicus to be declared king- Berenice and her son by Antiochus are assassinated by Laodice. Ptolemy Evergetes, Berenice's brother, undertakes to revenge her death. He makes himself master of a great part of Syria. 244 The cities of Smyrna and Magnesia enter into an alliance to aid the king of Syria against Ptolemy Evergetes. Aratus makes himself master of the citadel of Corinth. Ijconidas is restored at Sparta, Cleombrotus sent into banishment, and Agis put to death. 242 Death of Antigonus Gonatus, king of Macedon. Demetrius his son succeeds him. " Seleucus king of Syria, enters into a war with Antiochus Hierax his brother. The latter has the advantage in a battle near Ancyra in Galatia. 241 The Carthaginians defeated by Lutatius the Roman general, at the Isles of JEgates, which finishes the first Punic war. Agis king of Sparta, is put to death for attempting to settle an Agrarian Law. Death of Eumenes king of Pergamus. Attalus his cousin-ger- man succeeds him. 240 Comedies first acted at Rome ; those of Livius Andronicus, Cleanthus the Stoic starves himself. 239 Eratosthenes the Cyrenian, is made librarian to Ptolemy Ever- getes. 238 End of the Libyan war. 237 Hamilcar with Hannibal his son passes into Spain. The Carthaginians give up Sardinia to the Romans, and engage to pay them 1200 talents. 235 The temple at Janus shut, and Rome at peace for the first time since Numa. 234 The Sardinian war begins and continues three years. 233 Joseph, nephew of the high priest Onias is sent embassador to Ptolemy Evergetes. 232 Athens, freed from its Macedonian garrison, enters the League. Death of Demetrius king of Macedon. Antigonus, guardian of Philip son of Demetrius, succeeds him. Polycletus of Sicyon a famous sculptor. 2H1 The first divorce known at Rome by Spurius Carvilius. B.C. 230 Sardinia and Corsica conquered by the Romans. Selencus king of Syria is defeated and taken prisoner by Area' ces king of the Parthians. 228 Roman embassadors first appear at Athens and Corinth. The fortress of the Athenaeum built. Cleomenes king of Sp:irta gains a great victory over the Achae- ans and Aratus. Hamilcar is killed in Spain. Asdrubal his son-in-law succeeds him in the command of the army. 227 Carthagena in Spain built by Asdrubal. 226 Seleucus Callinicus king of Syi'ia dies among the Parthians, of a fall from a horse. Seleucus Ceraunus his eldest son succeeds him. Antiochus Hierax is assassinated by thieves on leaving Egypt. Aratus defeats Aristippus tyrant of Argos. He prevails upon Lysiades tyrant of Megalopolis to renounce the tyranny, and causes his city to enter into the Achaean League. 225 The Romans send a famous embassy into Greece to impart to the Greeks the treaty they had lately conclude'd with the Illyrians. The Corinthians declare by public decree that they shall be ad- mitted to partake in the celebration of the Isthmian games. The Athenians also grant them the freedom of Athens. Antigonus king of Macedon, by the intrigues of Aratus, is called in to aid the Acha>ans against the Lacedaemonians. The Gauls enter Italy, but are defeated in Etruria by L. ^Emili- us the Roman consul. 224 The Colossus of Rhodes thrown down by an earthquake. The Romans first cross the Po pursuing the Gauls. Archimedes the mathematician demonstrates the properties of the lever. 223 Cleomenes king of Megalopolis. Battle of Selasia, followed by the taking of Sparta by Antigonus. Death of Seleucus Ceraunus king of Syria. Antiochus, his brother, surnamed the Great, succeeds him. 221 Death of Ptolemy Evergetes king of I^gypt. Ptolemy Philopa- ter succeeds him. The iEtolians gain a great victory at Caphyae over the Achae- ans. 220 Antiochus reduces Molon and Alexander, who had revolted against him two years before, the first in Media, the second in Persia. Death of Antigonus, king of Macedon. Philip the son of De- metrius succeeds him. Cleomenes king of Sparta dies in Egypt. The Lacedaemonians elect Agesipolis and Lycurgus to succeed him. War of the allies with the ^tolians in favor of the Achaeans. , Hermias, prime minister of Antiochus is put to death. After Asdrubal's death Hannibal is made general of the army in his stead. B.C. 219 Battle of Raphia, between Ptolemy, king of Egypt, and Antio- chus, king of Syria. The art of surgery introduced. An eclipse of the moon observed in Asia Minor. 218 The second Punic war begins with Hannibal's crossing the Alps and continues 17 years. The Romans defeated at Ticinum and Trebia. 217 The Romans defeated by Hannibal at the lake of Thrasymene. Ptolemy attempts to enter the temple at Jerusalem, but is pre- vented by the priests. He returns into Egypt and condemns the Jews in his dominions to be trodden to death by elephants. God delivers his people. 216 Hannibal's alliance witn Philip, king of Macedon. The Romans under Fabius Cunctator totally defeated in the bat- tle of Cannae, in Apulia, by Hannibal, who retires to Capua. The Egyptians rebel against Ptolemy Philopater ; the Jews take his part. 215 Philip receives a considerable blow from the Romans at the siege of Apollonia. 214 Carneades founder of a new academy. 212 Antiochus attempts to reduce the province which had thrown off the yoke of the Syrian empire, and effects it in seven years. Syracuse taken by Marcellus, after a siege of three years. . Archimedes slain. 211 Alliance of the ^tolians with the Romans. Attalus, king of Pergamus, enters into it. The Lacedaemonians accede to it some time after. The two Scipios are killed in Spain. 210 Sicily conquered by the Romans, and made a province. 208 Famous battle between Philip king of Macedon and the ^toli- aus. near Elis. Ihilopoemen distinguishes himself in it. ^07 Ennius, of Calabria, a poet. Sotion, of Alexandria, a gramma- rian. About this time flourished Plautus, Archagathus, Evander, Tele- olus and Hermippus of Syracuse. 206 Appollonius of Perga, mathematician. Zeno of Tarsus, the philosopher. Battle of Mantinea, wherein Philopoemen defeats Machanidas, tyrant of Sparta, who perished in it. Nabis is set in his place. Asdrubal enters Italy. He is defeated by the consul Livius, whom the other consul Nero had joined. 204 Treaty of peace between Philip and the Romans. All the allies on both sides are included in it. Polybius is said to have been born this year. Death of Ptolemy Philopater king of Egypt. Ptolemy Epiphanes, at that time only five years old, succeeds him. 203 League between Philip of Macedon and Antiochus king of Syria, against the younger king of Egypt. 202 Philip, king of Macedon, is defeated by the Rhodia/is in a sea B.C. fight off the island of Chios, near the coast of Asia Minor. 202 Hannibal is recalled to the aid of his country. The art of printing in China. The dynasty of Han in China. The battle of Zama in Africa where Hannibal is totally defeated by Scipio. Judea submits to Antiochus the Great. 201 Philip besieges and takes Abydos. The Carthaginians have a peace granted them on very ignomini- ous terms, which finishes the second Punic war. Fifty-two years elapse before the third. 200 Scipio carries Syphax in triumph to Rome. The first Macedonian war begins and continues nearly four years. Athens implores the aid of Rome against Macedonia. The Ro- mans declare war with Philip. P. Sulpitius is appointed to command in it. He gains a considerable victory near the town of Octolopha in Macedon. 199 Villicus succeeds Sulpitius in the command of the army against Philip. The year following Flamiuius is sent to succeed Vil- licus. 198 Antiochus king of Syria subjects Palestine and Coelosyria. The Achaeans declare for the Romans against Philip. Books with leaves of vellum introduced by Attains king of Per- gamus in lieu of rolls. The Jews assist Antiochus in expelling Scopas and the Egyptian troops from Jerusalem. First mention of a Senate or Sanhedrim. 197 Interview of Philip and the consul Flaminius. Nabis tyrant of Sparta declares for the Romans. The Bceotians do the same. Death of Attains king of Pergamus. Eumenes succeeds him. Battle of Cynoscephaloe where the Romans gain a complete vic- tory over Philip. 196 Hannibal joins Antiochus who seizes the Thracian Cheronese. Treaty of peace between Philip and the Romans which puts an end to the war. Embassy of the Romans to Antiochus the Great in order to be assured whether the complaints against him were justly founded. Conspiracy of Scopas the JEtolian against Ptolemy Epiphanes discovered and punished. 195 Flaminius makes war against Nabis the tyrant of Sparta. Cato in Spain. 194 Hannibal is made praetor of Carthage and reforms the courts of justice and the finances, x^fter having exercised that office two years he retires to king Antiochus at Ephesus, whom he advises to carry the war into Italy. 193 Masinissa harrasses the Carthaginians and injures their com- merce. 192 Antiochus the Great gives his daughter Cleopatra in marriage B.C. to Ptolemy Epiphancs, king of Egypt, and as a dowry Coolo- syria, Phciiicia, Judea and Samaria. 191 Philopoemen gains a considerable advantage over Nabis the ty- rant of Sparta. The ^tolians resolve to seize Demetrius, Chalcis, and Sparta by treachery and stratagem. Nabis is killed. Philopcemea makes the Lacedaemonians enter into the Achasau League. Antiochus goes to Greece to aid the ^Etolians. The Romans declare war against him and soon after defeat him near the strait of Thermopylae. Interview of Hannibal and Scipio at Ephesus. 190 Battle of Magnesia, followed by a treaty of peace which puts an end to the war between the Romans and Antiochus, which had subsisted about two years. The philosopher Pana3tius was born about this time. 189 The Consul Fulvius forces the iEtolians to submit to the Romans. Manlius, his colleague, about the same time subjects all the Gauls in Asia. 188 Philopcemen abrogates the laws of Lycurgus in Sparta. Hannibal takes refuge in the isle of Crete to avoid being deliv- ered up to the Romans. 187 Antiochus the Great, king of Syria, is killed in the temple of Jupiter Belus, which he had entered in order to plunder it. Seleucus Philopater succeeds him. Scipio Africanus banished from Rome. 186 The city of Artaxata (in Armenia) built. 184 Hannibal abandons the island of Crete to take refuge with Pru- sias king of Bithynia. 183 A comet visible 80 days. Philopoemen put to death by Dinocrates king of Messenc. Hannibal dies at the court of Prusias of Bithynia. Scipio Africanus dies. Cato the elder, censor. 181 Demetrius, son of Philip king of Macedon, is unjustly acccused by his brother Perseus king of Macedon, and put to death. 180 Death of Ptolemy Epiphanes king of Egypt. Ptolemy Philometer succeeds him. 179 Death of Philip king of Macedon. Perseus his son succeeds him. Numa's books found in a stone coffin at Rome. 178 Seleucus sends his son Demetrius to Rome to replace his brother Antiochus, who had been a hostage there 14 years. 175 Seleucus Philopater king of Syria is poisoned by Hcliodorut-, whom he had sent a little before to take Jerusalem. He is succeeded by Antiochus Epiphancs. Onias high priest of Jerusalem deposed and succeeded by Judas. 174 Cato's embassy to Carthage. 172 Terrence flourishes. 171 Ptolemy's generals defeated by Antiochus in a battle between Pelusium and Mount Casias. The second 3Iacedjnian war begin?. 5 B. C. Onias the elder, brother of Jason and Menelaus, is put to death at Antiich. 170 Menelaus offers 300 talents of silver for the high priesthood more than Jason had given for it; he obtains a grant of it from Antiochus. Menelaus not paying his purchase money is deprived of the high priesthood. ]jysimachus, his brother, is ordered to perform the functions of it. Menelaus, gaining Andronicus governor of Antioch, in the ab- sence of Antiochus Epiphanes, causes Onias III. the high priest to be killed. Lysiniachus, thinking to plunder the treasury of the temple of Jerusalem, is put to death in the temple. A report that Antiochus Epiphanes was dead in Egypt ; Jason attempts Jerusalem, but is repulsed. Antiochus being informed that some Jews had rejoiced at the false news of his death, plunders Jerusalem, and slays 80,000 men. Antiochus Epiphanes makes himself master of all Egypt. An irruption of Tartars into China. Paper invented in China. 169 The Alexandrians, in the room of Philometer who had fallan in- to the hands of Antiochus, make Ptolemy Evergetes his younger brother king. Philometer is set at liberty the same year, and unites with his brother. That union induces Antiochus to renew the war. 168 An eclipse of the moon which was predicted by Q. S. Grallus. Paulus ^milius is charged with the Macedonian war against Perseus. He gains a famous victory over that prince near Pydna which puts an end to the kingdom of Macedon. It was not, however, reduced into a province of the Roman Em- pire till twenty years after. The praetor Anicius subjects lUyria in thirty days. Popilius, one of the embassadors sent by the Romans into Egypt, obliges Antiochus to quit it and come to an accommodation with the two brothers. Antiochus, exasperated at what had happened, turns his rage against the Jews, and sends Appollonius to Jerusalem. The same year he publishes a decree to oblige all nations in sub- jection to him to renounce their own religion and conform to his. This law occasions a cruel persecution among the Jews. Judas Maccabeus, with nine others, retires into the wilderness. 167 Antiochus goes in person to Jerusalem to see his orders put in execution. The sacrifices of the temple interrupted. The statue of Jupiter Olympias set up on the altar of burnt-sacrifices. The Martyrdom of Eleazar at Antioch ; of the seven brethren Maccabees and their mother. Mattathias and his seven sons retire into the mountains j the A* sideans join them. B.C. 167 About this time flourishes Jesus, the son of Sirach, author of the book of Ecclesiasticus. Paulus iEnulius abandons the cities of Epirus to be plundered by his army for having taken part with Perseus. The x\clia3- ans suspected of having favored that prince, ai'e sent to Rome to give an account of their conduct. The senate banish their into different towns of Italy, from whence they arc not suf- fered to return home till seventeen years after. Polyblus was of this number. The first library opened in Home, consisting of books plundered from Macedonia. Census of Rome, 327,032. 166 Prusias king of Bithyuia goes to Rome. Eumencs king of Per- gamus is not permitted to enter. Death of Mattathius. Judas Maccabeus his son succeeds him, ani gains many victories over the generals of x\ntiochus. 165 Romans, enter Achaia. Judas vanquishes Lysias, Antiochus' deputy, recovers Jerusalem, and restores the daily sacrifice and the worship in the temple. 164 Lysias coming into Judea with an army is beaten and forced to return to Antioch. Judas purifies the temple after three years' defilement by the Gentiles. The anniversary of this purification is called En- coenia. Timotheus and Bacchides, generals of the Syrian army, are beat- en by Ju Jas. Antiochus Epiphanes dies in Persia ; his son Antiochus Eupa- tor, aged nine years, succeeds him, under the regency of Ly- sias. Judas wars against the enemies of his nation in Idumaea and beyond Jordan. Timotheus a second time overcome by Judas. 163 The people beyond Jordan and in (xalilee conspire against the Jews; are suppressed by Judas and his brethren. liysias, coming into Judea, is forced to make peace with Judas, and returns to x\ntioch. A letter of king Antiochus Eupator in favor of the Jews. The Roman legates write to the Jews and promise to support their interests with the king of Syria. The treachery of Joppa and Samaria chastised by Judas. Judas wars beyond Jordan, defeats a general of the Syrian troops called Timotheus, different from the former Timotheus. Judas attacks Gorgias in Idumaea; having defeated him finds Jews killed in the fight who had concealed gold under their clothes, which they had taken from an idol's temple at Jam- nia. Antiochus Eupator invades Judea in person ; besieges Bethshur and takes it ; besieges Jerusalem. Philip who had been appointed regent by Antiochus Epiphanes coming to Antioch ^ Lysias prevails with the king to make peace B. C with the Jews and return to Antioch ; but before he returns he enters Jerusalem and causes the wall to be demolished that Jutlas had built to secure the temple from the insults of the citadel. 162 Hipparchus of Nice fixes the first degree of longitude and lati- tude at Ferro, whose most western point was made the first general meridian : lays the foundation of trigonometry. Difference between Philometer king of Egypt and Physcon his brother, which does not terminate till after the expiration of five years. Octavius, embassador for the Romans in Syria, is assjissinnted. Menelaus the high priest dies; is succeeded by Alcimus an in- truder. Onias IV., son of Onias III., lawful heir to the dignity of high priest, retires into Egypt where sometime after he built the temple Onion. Demetrius son of Seleucus sent to Rome as a hostage ; escapes from thence and comes into Syria, where he slays his nephew Eupator, also Lysias, regent of the kingdom, and is acknowl- edged king of Syria. Alcimus intercedes with Demetrius for the confirmation of the dignity of high priest, which he had received from Eupator. 161 Alcimus returns into Judea with Bacchides, and enters Jerusa- lem. Alcimus is driven thence and returns to Demetrius, who appoints Nicator, with troops to take him back to Judea. Nicator makes an accommodation with Judas, and lives for some time in good intelligence with him. Alcimus accuses Nicator of betraying the king's interest. De- metrius orders Nicator to bring Judas to him. Judas attacks Nicator and kills about 5,000 men. Death of Rhazis, a famous old man, who chooses rather to die by his own hand than to fall alive into the hands of Nicator. Judas obtains a complete victory, in which Nicator is killed. Bacchides and Alcimus again sent to Judea. Judas gives them battle; dies like a hero on a heap of enemies slain by him. Jonathan Maccabeus chosen chief of his nation and high priest, in the place of Judas. The envoys return whom Judas had sent to Rome to make an alliance with the Romans. Bacchides pursues Jonathan ; he, after a slight combat, swims over the Jordan in sight of the enemy. Philosophers and Rhetoricians banished from Rome. 1 60 Demetrius is acknowledged king of Syria by the Romans. 159 Death of Eumenes king of Pergamus. Attains Philometer suc- ceeds him. Alcimus the high priest dies, and Bacchides leaving Jerusalem the Jews enjoy peace. The clepsydra or water clock invented by Scipio Nascia. 158 Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus are besieged in Bethbesson, or B.C. Bethagla. Jonathan goes out of the place, raises soWiers and defeats several bodies of the enemy. 158 Simon his brother makes several sallies and opposes Bacchides. Jonathan makes proposals of peace to Bacchides, which are ac- cepted. Jonathan fixes his abode at Mikmash where he judges the people. 157 Mithridates V. king of Pontus. 156 War between Attalus and Prusias. 155 Embassy of Diogenes, Carniades and Critolaus to Rome. Romans unsuccessful in Spain. 1 53 Alexander Balas pretends to be the son of Antiochus Epiphanes, and in that quality attempts to cause himself to be acknowl- edged king of Syria. Jonathan, the brother of Judas Maccabeus, is made high priest by Alexander Balas, who claimed the kingdom of Syria against Demetrius, and whom Jonathan greatly assisted. From this time the high priesthood continued in the Asmodean or Maccabean family till the time of Herod the Great. 152 Massinissa defeats the Carthaginians. 151 Joint reign of Philometer and Physcon in Egypt. Defeat of Galba. 150 Demetrius Soter is killed in a battle between him and Alexander Balas. His death leaves the latter in possession of the empire of Syria. A dispute between the Jews and Samaritans of Alexandria con- cerning their temples. The Samaritans are condemned by the king of Egypt, and the temple at Jerusalem preferred to that at Gerizim. Aristobulus, a Peripatetic Jew, flourishes in Egypt under Ptole- my Philometer. Demetrius Nicator, eldest son of Demetrius Soter, comes into Cilicia to recover the kingdom of his father. Appollonius, to whom Alexand r Balas had intrusted his affairs, revolts to Demetrius Nicator. He marches against Jonathan Maccabeus who continues in the interest of Alexander Balas. Appollonius put to flight. 149 Onias the son of Onias, who had been high priest, builds a tem- ple in Egypt like that at Jerusalem. The third Punic war begins, and ontinues three years. Pru- sias king of Bithynia, is put to death by his son Nicomedes, surnamed Philopater. 1 18 Carthage is besieged by the Romans. Macedon is reduced into a province of the Roman empire. 147 Troubles in Achaia promoted by Diteus and Critolaus. The commissioners sent thither by the Romans are insulted. Achaean League totally defeated. 14G Ptolemy Philometer king of Egypt comes into Syria, pretending to assist Alexander Balas, but he really designs to dethrone him. B. (J. 146 Viriathus is defeated by Laelius in Spain. P. Scipio is made consul and receives the command of tlie armj before Carthage, which lie entirely destroys. Metellus goes to Achaia where he gains several advantages ovei the Aclijeans. Mummius succeeds him, and after a great bat- tle at Leucopetra takes Corinth and entirely demolishes it. L. Mummius brought the first fine painting to Rome from Cor- inth. Greece is reduced to a Roman province under the name of the province of Achaia. Tenth Period. FROM THE OVERTHROW OF GREECE TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA — 146 YEARS. 145 Alexander Balas gives battle to Philometer and Demetrius Nica- tor ; he loses it, and flees to Zabdiel king of Arabia, who cuts off his head. Demetrius succeeds him. Ptolemy Philometer dies in Syria. Cleopatra his queen, gives the command of her army to Onias, a Jew, son of Onias III. Onias restrains Ptolemy Physcon, son of Philometer. Jonathan besieges the fortress of the Syrians at Jerusalem. Demetrius comes into Palestine ; Jonathan finds means to gain him by presents. Ptolemy Physcon becomes sole king of Egypt, by the death of Philometer. 144 Demetrius Nicator attacked by the inhabitants of Antioch who had revolted. Jonathan sends him soldiers who deliver him. Tryphon brings young Antiochus, son of Alexander Balas, out of Arabia and has him acknowledged king of Syria. Jona- than espouses his cause against Demetrius Nicator. Jonathan renews the alliance with the Romans and Lacedaemo- nians. He is treacherously taken by Tryphon, in Ptolemais, who some- time after puts him to death. 143 Simon Maccabeus succeeds Jonathan. Tryphon slays the young king Antiochus Theos, and usurps the kingdom of Syria. Simon acknowledges Demetrius Nicator, who had been dispos- sessed of the kingdom of Syri-a, and obtains from him the entire freedom of the Jews. Hipparchus begins his new cycle of the moon. 142 The sovereignty of Judea is confirmed to Simon and his posteri- ty by the unanimous consent of the Jews in a general assem- bly at Jerusalem, and he frees them from all tribute to any B. C. foreign prince, and effects in many things a reformation among them. 141 The Nmnantian war begins, and continues eight years. 140 The Picts from the north of England settle in the south of Scotland. Death of Viriathus the Lusitanian chief. 139 Antiochus Sidetes, the second son of Demetrius Soter, marries Cleopatra the wife of his brother Demetrius Nicator; and after having put Tryphon to death he is declared king himself. 138 Death of Attains king of Pergamus. Attalus his nephew, sur- uamed Philopater, succeeds him. He reigns five years. Antiochus Sidetes quarrels with Simon and sends Cendebeus in- to Palestine to ravage the country. The Roman army, under Mancinus ignominiously defeated by the Numantines. 137 Learning and learned men liberally patronized by Ptolemy Phys- con. Diodorus and Satyrus, peripatetics ; Nicander, physician and po- et ; Lucius Accius, tragic poet. 136 Scipio Africanus with Sp. Mummins and Metellus made the fa- mous embassy into Egypt, Syria and Grreece. The cruelties of Physcon at Alexandria oblige most of the inhab- itants to quit the place. 135 The history of the Apochrypha ends. The servile Avar begins in Sicily and continues three years. Simon, prince of Judea, is murdered with two of his sons, by Ptolemy his son-in-law; and is succeeded by his son John, surnamed Hyrcanus. 134 Antiochus Sidetes besieges Hyrcanus in Jerusalem. Hyrcanus obtains a truce of eight days to celebrate the feast of tabernacles ; makes peace with Antiochus. Hyrcanus finds money in David's tomb, or rather the hidden treasures of the kings of Judah. 133 Numantia taken and destroyed by Scipio. The kingdom of Pergamus annexed to the Roman empire, ac- cording to the will of Attalus, its last king. Tiberius Gracchus slain in a tumult. Spain becomes a Roman province. ]<]questrian order, a distinct class. 131 Antiochus Sidetes goes to war against the Persians. Hyrcanus accompanies him. Antiochus is conquered and slain. 130 Demetrius Nicator reigns again in Syria. Revival of learning in China. John Hyrcanus asserts his independence against the Syrians and destroys the temple on 31ount Cerizim. Aristonic»s conquered by Perpenna and strangled in prison. 129 He conquers the IdunuBans or Edomites and, compelling them to be circumcised, incorporates them among the Jews. B.C. 129 Froin this time the name of Idumaeans is scarcely mentioned in history. Ptolemy Physcon repudiates Cleopatra, his first wife, and mar- ries her daughter of the same name. He is soon after obliged to flee, and tlie Alexandrians give the government to Cleo- patra whom he had repudiated. Physcon re-ascends the throne of Egypt. 128 Pestilence in Egypt. Hyrcanus sends embassadors to Rome to renew his allegiance with the Roman power. "While the two kings of Syria, both of them called Antiochus, war against each other, Hyrcanus strengthens himself in his new monarchy. 12G Demetrius is killed by Alexander Zebina, who takes his place and causes himself to be acknowledged king of Syria. 124 Seleucus V., eldest son of Demetrius Nicator, is declared king, and soon after killed by Cleopatra. 123 Antiochus Grypus succeeds him. Zebina is defeated by Grypus and soon after dies. }*hyscon gives his daughter in marriage to Grypus king of Syria. Mithridates VI. surnamed the Great king of Pontus. Carthage rebuilt by order of the Roman senate. 121 The province in S. Gaul acquired. Caius Gracjchus proscribtd and slain. 120 Cleopatra attempts to poison Grypus and is poisoned herself. The theory of eclipses known to the Chinese, lis Dalmatia a Roman province. Death of JMicipsa kino- of Numidia, and the assassination of Hiempsal by Jugurtha. 117 Death of Physcon. Ptolemy Lathyrus succeeds him. Cleopa- tra, his mother, obliges him to repudiate Cleopatra his eldest sister and to marry Selena his youngest. 11 G Cleopatra assumes the government of Egypt. The age of Er3-ninoeus, Athenion, Artemidorus, Clitomachus, Apollonius. Herodieus, Menecrates, L. Caelius, Antipater histo- rian, Lueilius the first Roman satirist, A.pollodorus of Athens and Castor of Rhodes chronologists, x\nthemon philosopher. 114 Antiochus the Cyzicenian, son of Cleopatra and Antiochus Si- detos, takes arms against Grypus. He h-^5 the worst in the beginning ; but two veal's after he obliges his brother to divide the kingdom of Syria with him. 113 First great migration of the German nations. Cleopatra queen of Egypt gives the kingdom of Cyprus to Alex- ander her youngest son. Ill Tlie Jugurthiue war begins and continues five j'ears. 110 The fiimous sumptuary law at Rome which limited the expenses of eating every day. Hyrcanus besieges Samaria ; takes it after a year's siege. 100 The Teutoues and Cimbri begin the war against Rome and con- tinue it for eight years. li. c. 109 JugurtLa the king of Numidia defeated in two battles by Metel- lus. Ptolemy Lathyrus is defeated and Samaria taken by John Hyrcanus. 107 He is succeeded by his son Aristobulus, who first assumes the title of king. Cleopatra drives Lathyrus out of Egypt and places his brother Alexander upon the throne. 106 Jugurthine war concluded by Marius and Sylla. Jugurtha wns ex])osed to the view of the Roman people and dragged in chains to adorn the triumph of Marius. He was afterward put in prison, where he died six days after of hunger. The name and wars of Jugurtha have been immortalized by the pen of Sallust. 105 The Teutones defeat 80,000 Romans on the banks of the Rhone. Alexander Janneus kingof Judea, at war with Egypt, takes Ga- za. Rebellion excited by the Pharisees. 104 Signal victory of Lathyrus over Alexander king of the Jews. upon the banks of the Jordan. 103 Cleopatra forces Lathyrus to raise the siege of Ptolemais and takes that city herself. 102 The Teutones defeated by Marius in two great battles at Aquise Sextia;, now Aix in Provence. Alexander Janneus king of the Jews makes an alliance with Cleopatra and takes some places in Palestine. 101 Marius and Catullus defeat the Cimbri as they were endeavoring to enter Italy through Noricum, now the Tyrol. 100 Marius buys his sixth consulate. Banishment. of Metellus. Birth of Julius Caesar. 99 Ijusitania conquered by Dolabella and becomes a Roman province. China still submits to the Han dynasty; Sematzin emperor. Janneus attacks Gaza, takes it and demolishes it. 97 By the death of Ptolemy Apion, Cyrene becomes a Roman prov- ince. Death of Grypus. Seleucus his son succeeds him. 95 Alexander Janneus, after various transactions, some successful and others unsuccessful, is opposed by a mutiny of the Jews at the temple during the feast of the tabernacles, of whom he slays GOO men. 94 He subdues the inhabitants of Gilead and the Moabites. 93 Seleucus is defeated by Eusebes and burned in Mopsuestia. Tigranes king of Armenia. 92 Antiochus, brother of Selencus and second son of Grypus, as- sumes the diadem. He is presently defeated by Eusebes and drowned in the Orontes. 91 Having ill success in war against Obodas, an Arabian king, the Jews make war against him. This war continued six years. Philip his brother, third son of Grypus, succeeds Antiochus. The social war begins in Italy, and continues three years, til) B. C. finished by Sylla the celebrated Roman general. 91 Ariarathes VIII. king of Cappadocia. Mithridatcs king of Pon- tus puts him to death, and sets his son upon the throne. Soon after, Ariarathes IX. takes Cappadocia from the son of Mith- ridatcs, who is presently after re-established by his father. 90 Sylla enters Cappadocia, drives the son of Mithridates out of it, and sets Ariobarzanes I. upon the throne. Demetrius Euchares, fourth son of Grypus, is established king of Damascus by the aid of Lathyrus. 89 Alexander kills his mother Cleopatra. Alexander is expelled, and dies soon after. Tigranes king of Armenia, drives Ariobarzanes out of Cappado- cia, and reinstates the son of Mithridates. Beginning of the war between Mithridates and the Romans. 88 Mithridates causes all the Romans in Asia Minor to be massacred in one day. S7 Sylla is charged with the war against IMithridatcs. He retakes Athens after a lung siege and sends its valuable libi'aries to Rome. 8t» Victory of Sylla over the generals of Mithridates near Cheronea. He gains a second battle soon after at Orchomenos. 85 Demetrius having been taken by the Parthians. Antiochus Diony- sius the fifth son of Grypus is set upon the throne of Syria, and killed the following year. 84 Treaty of peace between Mithridates and Sylla, which terminated the war. 83 Mithridates puts his son to death. The Syrians weary of so many changes choose Tigranes king of Armenia for their king. He reigns fourteen years by a vice- roy- Eusebes takes refuge in Cilicia where he remains concealed. 82 Lathyrus ruins Thebes in Egypt where the rebels whom he had before defeated had taken refuge. Decline of agriculture in Italy ; corn supplied from the provinces. Sylla defeats Marius and is created perpetual dictator. Sylla plunders the temple of Delphi. 81 Death of Lathyrus. Alexander II. son of Alexander I. under the protection of Sylla is elected king. 80 Julius Caesar's first campaign. 79 Posidonius calculates the height of the atmosphere to be about 400 stadia. Alexander Janneus dies, after many successes and cruelties, and is succeeded in the regal authority by his wife Alexandra, who, conciliating the Pharisees, reigns peaceably to the end of her life. 78 Death of Sylla. The age of Zeno, of Sidon the epicurean, Apellicon of Athens, Alexander Polyhistor the grammarian, Plotius, Gallus rhetor- ician, Q. Valerius, Antias Roman historian, Q. Hortensius ora- tor, Philo, Charmidas, L. Sisenna, Archias and Geminus. B C. 75 Second war between Mithridates and the Romans. It laiBted nearly three years. 77 The Pharisees managing the affairs of Alexandra grievously op- press their opponents. « War of Sertorius, who revolts in Spain and defeats Metellus and Ponipey. 76 Mithridates makes an alliance with Sertorius. Death of Nicomedes king of Bithynia. His kingdom and Cyren- aica are reduced into llonian provinces the same year. 75 Beginning of the third war of Mithridates against the Romans. Lucullus and Cotta are placed at the head of the Roman army. 74 Cotta is defeated by sea and land and forced to shut himself up in Chalcedon. Lucullus goes to his aid. The cherry tree brought to Europe from Asia by Lucullus. Te- I'entius Varro writes three books on agriculture. 73 Mithridates forms the siege of Cyzicum. Lucullus compels him to raise it at the end of two years, and pursues and beats him near the Granicus. 72 Herod the Great is born. 71 Spartacus defeated and killed by Crassus and Pompey, which fin- ishes the servile war. Spain completely recovered. 70 Alexandra dies. Hyrcanus seizes the kingdom, but is soon de- prived of it by Aristubulus his younger brother. The first water mill described near a dwelling of Mithridates. G9 Tigranes recalls Magdalus his viceroy in Syria. Antiochus Asiaticus takes possession of Syria and reigns four years. Lucullus defeats the two kings, Mithridates and Tigranes, in a great battle in Armenia the day before the nones of December, and takes Tigranocerta with all the royal treasures. G7 Mithridates recovers all his dominions in consequence of the mis^ understandings that take place in the Roman army. Pompey conquers the pirates of the Mediterranean. 66 Mithi-idates defeated by Pompey in a night battle in the Upper Armenia. Crete conquered by Metellus after a war of two years, and reduced to a Roman province. Ebony introduced at Rome by Pompey. Vikramadity, a king of Ozene in India, patron of literature. At his court flourish Amera Sinka lexicographer, Vararuche graiu- marian, Kalidasa poet. 65 Pompey the Great, after many conquests, reduces Syria into a Roman province; thus terminating the Macedonian or Grecian kingdom and establishing that of the Romans, the fourth great monarchy in Daniel's prophecy. (Scott.) Alexander is driven out of Egypt. Ptolemy Auletes, natural sod of Lathyrus, is set in his place. 63 The conspiracy of Catiline detected by Cicero in October, and de- feated by Anthony about the middle of December. Porupey appealed to by Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, and promising B.C. to arbitrate between them, discovers that Aristobulus is prepar- ing for war ; and in consequence marches against Jerusalem and takes it after a siege of three months, and restores Hyrca- nus. At this time he enters into the holy of holies, and many have remarked that he never after prospered in any undertak- ing. From this period the Jews became dependent on the Ro- mans, after having been for a long time independent by reason of the weakness of the Syrian and Egyptian kings. 63 In the same year Augastus Caesar is born. 62 Magnificent houses of the nobles ; marble theatre of Scaurus, to hold 30,000 spectators. 61 Ponipey enters Kome in triumph. 60 Cicero statesman and orator, Sallust historian, Lucretius and Ca- tullus poets, Appollonius of Rhodes rhetorician, Aristomedes of Crete grammarian, Andronicus of Rhodes peripatetic philoso- pher, Terentius Varro, Tyrannion, etc. The first triumvirate, in the persons of Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus. Denmark. Reign of Sciold first king. The Danish chronicles mention eighteen kings to the time of Ragnor Lodbrog. 58 Clodius procures the banishment of Cicero. The Helvetii defeated by Julius Caesar. Ptolemy Auletes goes to Rome. Berenice his eldest daughter reigns in his absence. The Romans depose Ptolemy king of Cyprus and seize that land. Cato is charged with that commission. 57 Cicero recalled. Sallust expelled from the senate. Gylf reigns in Sweden. The early history of Sweden is involved in fable and obscurity. Gabinius, a Roman commander, defeats x\.lexander and besieges him in the castle of Alexandrion. Alexander surrenders with all his strong places. 56 Aristobulus, escnping from Rome, returns into Judea and endeav- ors to I'epair the castle of Alexandrion. Is hindered by the Romans who put his little army to flight. He flies to Machae- ron with a design to fortify it, but he is presently besieged in it. After some resistance he is taken and sent a second time prisoner to Rome. Pompey makes himself master of Caina in which the treasures of Mithridates were laid up. 55 Caesar passes the Rhine, defeats the Germans and Gauls and in- vades Britain. Ptolemy Auletes king of Egypt by money induces Gabinius to come into Egypt to restore him to the throne. John Hyrcanus furnishes Gabinius wiih provisions for his army, and writes to the Jews in Pelusium to favor the passage of the Romans. Gabinius and Antony restore Auletes to the entire possession of his dominions. While Gabinius is in Egypt Alexander son of Aristobulus wastes Judea. Gabinius defeats him at the foot of Mount Tabor. B. C. 54 Caesar invades Britain a second time and conquers part of it. Crassus succeeds Gabinius in the government of Syria. Crassus passing into Syria and finding the province quiet makes war against the Parthians. 53 He comes to Jerusalem and takes 10.000 talents out of the tem- ple. He marches against the Parthians, is defeated and killed and his army cut to pieces by the Parthians under Surenas, at Sinnaca in Mesopotamia, June 9. 51 Death of Ptolemy Auletcs. He leaves his dominions to his eldest son and his eldest daughter, the famous Cleopatra. 50 The Roman civil war begins on the 22d of October when the sen- ate ordered Ca3sar to disband his army. Caesar besieges Pom- pey in Brundusium, Dec. 26. A water mill on the Tiber at Rome. 49 Pompey sails from Brundusium Jan. 3d; Caesar enters it on the 4th and comes to Rome about the 19th. He besieges Marseilles in the spring and defeats Pompey's lieutenants in Spain in the summer, returns to Rome in September, and passes into Epirus Oct. 15. 48 The battle of Pharsalia May 12. Pompey murdered. Antipas or Antipater made governor of Judca. Ponthinus and Achillas the young king's guardians deprive Cleo- patra of her share in the government, and drive her out of the kingdom. The Alexandrian library of 400,000 volumes burnt. 47 Death of the king of Egypt. Caesar places Cleopatra upon the throne with Ptolemy her young- est brother. The war of Alexandria ; that city taken by Julius Caesar. He conquers I'harnaces king of Bosphorus. Caesar having finished the war in Egypt comes into Syria, con- firms Hyrcanus in the high priesthood. Antigonus, son of Aristobulus remonstrates to Caesar, but Caesar is prejudiced against him by Antipater. Antipater takes advantage of the indolence of Hyrcanus, makes his eldest son Phazael governor of Jerusalem, and Herod an- other of his sons governor of Galilee. Herod is summoned to Jerusalem to give an account of his con- duct, but finding himself in danger of being condemned, re- tires to his government. 46 Caesar passes into Africa. Cato kills himself at Utica Feb. 5. This year is called the year of confusion because the calendar was corrected by Sosigenes and the year made to consist of 15 months or 445 days. 45 The first Julian year began Jan. 1. Hyrcanus sends embassadors to Julius Ctesar to renew alliance. The alliance renewed in a manner very advantageous to the Jews. Caesar rebuilds Carthage. Corinth rebuilt by Caesar. Battle of Munda fought March 17th between Caesar and the ro* B. 0. publican forces of Rome under Labienus and the sons of I'om- pey. Caesar obtained the victory after an obstinate and bloody battle and by this blow put an end to the Roman republic. 45 Pompey lost 30,000 men and Caesar only 1,000 and 500 wounded. Julius Caesar at this time is made perpetual dictator of Rome and the empire of the Caesars begins. 44 Antipater, by permission from the Romans, rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem. C»sar killed in the senate-house by Brutus, Cassius and the other conspirators, having killed 1,192,000 men. After the death of Julius Caesar the embassadors of the Jews are introduced into the senate, and obtain their whole request. The Jews of Asia confirmed in their privilege oi' r>ot being com- pelled to serve in the wars. A comet seen in China. 43 Cleopatra poisons her brother when he comes of age to share the sovereign authority according to the laws. She afterwards de- clares for the Roman triumviri. The second triumvirate of Octavius, Antony and Lepidus began Nov. 27. Cicero put to death Dec. 7. Battle of Mutina. Cassius demands 700 talents from Judea. Malchus causes Antipater to be poisoned, but his sons Phazael and Herod revenge his death by that of the iliurderer. 42 Antigonus the sou of Aristobulus excites disturbances in Judea, but is vanquished by Herod. Cassius and Brutus defeated at Philippi in two battles, having an interval, in October. They kill themselves. 41 Cleopatra goes to Antony at Tarsus in Cilicia. She gains the "xs- cendant of him and carries him with her to Alexandria. The short Persian war in which Antony's brother Lucius is overpowered by Octavius. 40 The Parthians, having obtained many advantages against the Ro mans slay Phazael, make Hyrcanus prisoner and appoint Anti- gonus king of Judea ; but Herod fleeing to Rome is there con- stituted king by the ruling party. 39 Herod besieges Jei'usalem. Lepidus expelled from the triumvirate. Pacorus general of Parthia defeated by Ventidius fourteen years after the disgrace of Crassus and on the same day. 37 Jerusalem taken by Socius and Herod the Great, being by birth an Edomite and a Jew only as proselyted. This terminates the government of the Maccabees. 30 Sextus Pompeius conquered in Sicily. Cleopatra obtains from Antony a grant of Phenicia, Cyrene and Cyprus. 33 Antony makes himself master of Armenia and brings the prison- ers to Cleopatra. Coronation of Cleopatra and all her childien. Rupture between Caesar and Antony. Cleopatra accompanies thv latter who repudiates Octavia at Athens. 33 War between Octavius and Antony begins. B.C. 32 Ati* -j^, 'a, Eoman knight and author whose works are lost, dies, aged 7*7 3. ears. ^U Cleopatra flies at the battle of Actium. Antony follows her and thereby abandons the victory to Caesar, which makes Octavius emperor; and the republic becomes a monarchy. M. Antony drives Ariarathes out of Cappadocia and sets Arche- laus in his place. On the death of that prince Cappadocia was reduced to a Roman province. At the instance of Mark Antony Herod attacks and subdues Malchus king of Arabia Petrea. Octavius (afterwards Augustus Caesar) having vanquished Mark Ant-ony, Herod with much difficulty succeeds in making his peace with him. ',)xj Herod goes to Rome to make his court to Augustus. He obtains the confirmation of the kingdom of Judea. Antony dies in the arms of Cleopatra. Cssear makes himself master of Alexandria. Cleopatra kills herself. Egypt is reduced into a Roman province. Grolden age of Roman literature. First standing army in Rome. Silk and linen manufactories in the Roman empire. The end of the kings of Alexandria 293 years after the death of Alexander the Great. 29 Ephesus next to Alexandria the chief place of trade in the Roman empire. Octavius' three days' triumph at Rome. The temple of Janus closed, there being now a general peace. Rome contains 4,101,017 citizens. Augustus comes into Syria, passes through Palestine, is magnifi- cently entertained by Herod. Herod, in a furious rage and jeidousy, puts to death Mariamne his beloved wife who was descended from the Maccabees. 23 And the year after Alexandra her mother. 27 Octavius, by a -decree of the senate Jan. 13, obtains the title of Augustus Caesar and the absolute power of the state. 26 Herod, to conciliate the Romans, occasionally conforms to heathen observances which greatly disgusts the Jews. Salome, Herod's sister, divorces herself from Costobarus. 25 He rebuilds Samaria and calls it Sebaste from the Greek word Sebastos or August, which was the title given to the Roman emperor or assumed by him. In the same year he takes great care to relieve the Jews under the pressure of a grievous famine, which conciliated their mind towards him. The Egyptians adopt the Julian year. About this time flourished Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Tibullus, Pro- pertia? and ^milius Macer poets, Livy historian, Mecaenas minister of Augustus, patron of literature, Varrus and Tucca B.C. critics, Strabo geographer, Agrippa warrior a--rj jiztrou of the arts ; also Manilius, Dioscorides, Asinius, Pollie, lUu^u, Pylades, BathylliLS, Vitruvius, etc. 25 Coin first used in Britain. The Germans withstand the attempts of the Komans to subdue them, although they conquer some part of them. 22 Puntomimic dances on the Roman stage. Herod undertakes several buildings contrary to the religion of the Jews ; builds Caesarea of Palestine. The conspiracy of Muraena against Augustus. 21 Augustus visits Greece and Asia. 20 Augu.stus gives Trachonitis to Herod. 190th Olympiad. The Roman ensigns recovered from the Parthians by Tiberius. ll> Aqueducts constructed by Agrippa. Herod undertakes to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem. P. Virgilius Maro, called the prince of Latin poets, born at An- des a village near Mantua, 70 years B. C. on October 15, died September 22 aged 51 years. The distribution of the lands of Cremona which was made to the soldiers of Augustus after the battle of Phillippi nearly proved fatal to the poet. When ho attempted to dispute the possession of his fields with a soldier, Virgil was obliged to save his life from the resentment of the lawless veteran by swimming across the river. This was the beginning of his greatness. He afterwards repaired to Rome with his father, where he made the acquaintance of Mecsenas who recommended him to the favor of Augustus. The emperor restored to him his lands and the poet wrote his first Bucolic to thank his patron for this favor. The ten Bucolics were written in about three years. His Geor- gics written a few years after is considered the most perfect of all Latin composition. The ^neid his great epic poem was begun, as some suppose, at the particular request of Augustus. 18 Juba king of Mauritania and historian died. 17 The secular games celebrated at Rome. 16 Herod makes a journey to Rome to recommend himself to Augus- tus. Lollius defeated by the Germans. 15 Cantabria, Austria, Rhoebia, Vindelencia and Moesia become Ro- man provinces, being conquered by Drusus. Herod marries his two sons Alexander and Aristobulus. 14 Herod comes to meet Agrippa and engages him to visit Jerusalem. Polemon conquers Bosphorus. 13 Augustus assumes the title of Pontifex Maximus. Domestic divisions in Herod's family. Salome, Pheroras and An- tipater at variance with Alexander and Aristobulus. 12 The legions distributed over the provinces in fixed camps, which soon grew into cities; among them were Bonn and May- ence. B.C. 12 Caecilius Isidorus of Rome left to his heirs 4,116 slaves. Panonia, conquered by Tiberius, becomes a Roman province. 11 Germany subdued by Germanicus. Herod goes to Rome and accuses his two sous z\.lexander and Aristobulus to Augustus. 10 The solemn dedication of the city of Caesarea, that Herod had built in honor of Augustus. 9 Augustus continues the Jews of Alexandria in their ancient rights and privileges. Herod causes David's tomb to be opened to take out treasure. New disturbances in Herod's family. 8 Archelaus goes to Rome with Herod. Archelaus king of Cappadocia reconciles his son-in-law Alexander to his father Herod. Temple of Janus shut by Augustus. Augustus corrects the calendar by ordering the 12 ensuing years to be without intercalation. The style was altered by ordering leap year to be observed but once in four years and the month Sextillis to be called Augustus. About this time flourisl>ed Damascenus, Hyginus, Elaccus the grammarian, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Dionysius the ge- ographer. Horatius Quintus Flaccus, a celebrated latin poet born at Venusia. a town of Apulia, B. C C5, died aged 57 years. Horace was educated at Rome and Athens. He followed Brutus from Athens, and the timidity which he betraye J at the battle of Phillippi, so effectually discouraged him that he abaudoned the profession of arms, and at his return to Rome applied him- self to cultivate poetry. 7 Herod makes war in Arabia. 6 Herod is accused to Augustus of killing several Arabs. Tiberius retires to Rhodes for seven years. 5 Herod condemns and slays his t^^^o sons, Alexander and Aristo- bulus. Antipater son of Herod aims at the kingdom. The artifices of Antipater are discovered. Herod sends Antipater to Rome. The census or register of estates and families throughout Judea, was made at this time : but the taxes were not imposed or col- lected until some years after. Q. Varrus appointed governor of Judea. 4 Cymbeline king of Britain. Birth of John the Baptist six months before the birth of Jesus. Jesus Christ born at Bethlehem about the close of the 4000th year of the world and 4 years before the vulgar Christian era. 3 Circumcision of Jesus Christ. Purification of the Holy Virgin. Jesus presented in the temple forty days after his birth. Flight into Egypt. Herod in vain attempts to murder the infant Saviour, but cruelly 6 B.C. massacres the male children near Bethlehem. He puts his son Antipater to death on an accusation of treason and parricide, and five days after dies himself in the most dreadful m;uiner. .5 Archelaus goes to Rome to procure of Augustus the coulirmatio-n of Herod's will in his favor. Archelaus succeeds Herod his father in Judea, IduniEea and Sama- ria, Herod Antipas in Gralilee and Petrsea, and Philip in Auron- itis, Trachonitis, Paueas and Eataua;a. Mary with the child Jesus returning out of Egypt settles at Naza- reth in Gralilee. 2 An imposter assumes the character of Alexander, son of Herod and Mariamne. Tiberius returns to Rome. I Archelaus takes the high priesthood from Joazar and gives it to Eleazai PART XL— MODERN SYNCHRONOLOGY. First Period. from the christian era to the present time. \. D. The Vulgar Era, or Anno Domini, the fourth year of Jesus Chriat. 1 Caius Caesar makes war with the Parthiaus. 2 Tiberius returns to Rome. 3 Cinna's conspiracy detected. 4 The Leap year corrected, having formerly been every third year. 6 Quintus Varrus, encamped on the Weser, governs lower Germany like a Roman Province. 8 Archelaus, the son of Herod, having been convicted of maladmin- istration in his government, is deposed and banished into Gaul; and Judea is made a province of the Roman Empire by Quiri- nius, or Cyrenius, Governor of Syria, who first levied the taxes according to the census, or register, before made ; and Copo- nius is placed over it. Thus the sceptre was departing from Judah, for Shiloh was come, though not manifested. In this year Jesus went up to Jerusalem and at the temple sat in the midst of the teachers of the law, both hearing them and asking them questions. Judas the Gaulonite, as he is termed by Josephus, opposed the levying of taxes by Cyrenius ; but he was soon cut ofl" and all his followers dispersed. 9 The Germans under Arminius defeat and kill Varrus. Ovid is banished to Tomos. Cornelius Celsus, the physician ; Phaedrus, the fabulist, Velleius Paterculus, Roman historian. 10 Marcus Ambivius succeeds Coponius as procurator of Judea. Varus defeated and killed in Germany by Arminius. 12 Tiberius is admitted to share the authority with Augustus, whence his fifteen years is dated, Luke 3 : 1. 13 Annius Rufus succeeds Marcus Ambivius. 14 Augustus dies at Nola and is succeeded by Tiberius his adopted son. 15 Who appoints Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea. The age of Asinius Gallus-and Germanicus. 17 Twelve cities in Asia destroyed by an earthquake. Germanicus conquers Cappadocia. A. D. 19 Germanicus, poisoned by Piso, dies at Antioch. The Jews banished from Rome. The Marcomanni conquered by Drusus. 20 Tiberius expels from Italy all who profess the Jewish religion, oi Egyptian superstitious. 21 Arminius killed. The theatre of Pompcy destroyed by fire. 23 Valerius Gratus removes Annas the liigh-pri;-;.fc, ucd substitutes Ismael the eon of Fubus. Eleazar, the son of Annas is made high-priest instead of Ismael. 25 Simon, the son of Camith is made high-priest in the place of Eleazar. 26 Joseph, surnamed Caiaphas, the son of Annas, is made high-priest instead of Simon. The retreat of Tiberius to Capreae. The Druids in Germany. 27 Pontius Pilate is made procurator of Judea. and in the same year John begins his ministry. 30 Philo, Alexandrian Jew, disciple of Plato. Seneca, moral philosopher. 31 John the Baptist slain by order of Herod at the instigation of Herodias, in the 17th year of Tiberius. Sejanus disgraced and put to death. 32 Transfiguration of Christ. 33 Jesus retires to Ephraim on the Jordan, to avoid the snares and malice of the Jews at Jerusalem. He comes to Jerusalem to be present at his fourth and last passover. Institutes the Lord's Supper; is betrayed and cru- cified. His RESURRECTION and appearance to many, ascen- sion into Heaven, and the miraculous efi'usiou of the Holy Spirit. [Placed by some in 29, by others in 31.] Conquest of Mauritania. Valerius Maximus, historian. 35 The conversion of Saul of Tarsus about this time. Pilate ordered into Italy. Tiberius dies, Caligula becomes Emperor of Rome. About this time flourish Columella, Pomponius jMela, Philo Ju- d^eus, Artabauas, Agrippina, and Appion of Alexandria, gram- marian, called the "Trumpet of the World." 38 Paul escapes from Damascus by being let down from the wall in a basket. He comes to Jerusalem, is introduced to the apostles an-d disci- ples, and goes to Tarsus and Cilicia, his own country. Caligula makes Herod Agrippa, grandson of king Herod by his son Aristobulus, and nephew to Herod Antipas, who helieaded John the Baptist, and brother to Herodias, and father to king Agrippa, tetrarch, or king of Galilee. Matthew writes his gospel in this or the following year. 39 Herod the tetrarch goes to Rome, in hopes of obtaining snnc fa- vor from the emperor ; but Caligula being prepossessed by Agrippa, banishes him to Lyons. A. 1). 40 The name of Christians first given at Antioch to the folloivers of Christ. 41 Caligula mui'dered by Cha^reas, and succeeded by Claudius. The Jews quit Babylon and retire to Seleueia. Claudius adds Judea and Samaria to Agrippu's dominions. Agrippa returns into Judea ; takes the high-priesthood from The- ophilus, son of Ananus, and gives it to Simon Cantharus ; soon after he takes it from Cantharus aiiJ gives it to Matthias. 43 Claudius invades Britain with his general, Plautius. Agrippa deprives the high-priest Matthias of the priesthood, and bestows it on Elioneus. 44 Paul and Barnabas go to Jerusalem with the contributions of the believers of Antioch. At their return to Antioch the church sends them forth to preach to the Gentiles. Herod puts James the brother of John to death, and purposes to kill Peter also, who is miraculously preserved ; and soon after, Herod, smitten by an angel, is eaten with worms and dies. 45 Vespasian general in Britain. Cuspius iadus sent into Judea as governor. A great famine in Judea. Paul and Barnabas go to Cyprus ; thence to Pamphylia, Pisidia and Lycaonia. At Lystra the people prepare sacrifices to them as gods. 46 Cuspius Fadus recalled; the government of Judea given to Tibe- rius Alexander. 48 Herod, king of Chalcis takes the pontificate from Joseph, son of Camides ; gives it to Ananias, son of Nebedeus. Herod, king of Chalcis, dies. Ventidius Cumanus made governor of Judea in place of Tiberius Alexander. A census being taken by Claudius, the emperor and censor, the inhabitants of Borne are 6,900,000. 49 London founded by the Romans. Troubles in Judea under the government of Cumanus. Judaizing Christians enforce the law on the converted Gentiles. Peter comes to Antioch, and is reproved by Paul. 50 Paul and Barnabas part on account of John Mark. Timothy adheres to Paul and receives circumcision. Luke at this time with Patxl. Paul passes out of Asia into Macedonia Paul comes to Athens and preaches in the Areopagus. Columella, born in Spain, left twelve books on husbjvnary. 51 Caractacus, the British king, sent in chains to Rome, by Osto- riu3 Scapula. From Athens Paul goes to Corinth. The Jews expelled from Rome under the reign of Claudius. Felix sent governor into Judea instead of Cumanus. 52 The conference of the apostles at Jerusalem, improperly called the first Council. First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians. A. D. 52 His second Epistle to the Thessalonians, some montlis after the first. His Epistle to the Galatians written at the end of this or earl}' in the following year. 53 Paul leaves Corinth, takes ship to Jerusalem ; visits Ephesus on the way. Apollos arrives at Ephesus ; preaches Jesus Christ. 54 St. Paul, having finished his devotions at Jerusalem, goes to An- tioch, passes into Galatia and Phyrgia, and returns to Ephesus where he continues three years. Claudius the emperor dies, being poisoned by Agrippina. Nero succeeds him, a profligate and bloody^ tyrant. 55 He poisons Britanicus. 56 Paul forced to leave Ephesus on account of the uproar raised against him by Demetrius, the silversmith. He goes into Macedonia. Rotterdam built. The First EpLstle of Paul to the Corinthians, about this time. Second Epistle to the Corinthians. 57 Paul's Epistle to the Romans. 58 Mona (Anglesey) conquered by Paulinus. The Druids massacred. Paul goes into Judea to carry contributions. Is seized in the temple at Jerusalem. Is sent prisoner to Cesarea. 59 Nero's mother, Agrippina, put to death by his order. 60 Christianity said to have been preached in Great Eiitain. Corbulo subdues Armenia. Porcius Festus made governor of Judea in the room of Felix. Paul appeals to the emperor. He is put on ship-board and sent to Rome. Paul shipwrecked at Malta. 61 He arrives at Rome and continues there a prisoner two years. The Jews build a wall which hinders Agrippa from looking with- in the temple. Boadicea, the British queen, defeats the Romans and burns Lon- don; but is conquered soon after by Suetonius, governor of Britain. The general Epistle of James written about this time. 62 Martyrdom of James the less, bishop of Jerusalem. The Epistles of Paul to the Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. 63 Peter arrives at Rome. Albinus, successor of Felix, arrives in Judea. Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews written from Italy soon after he was set at liberty. Luke writes his Gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles in this or the following year. Epistle of Paul to Titus and his First Epistle to Timothy. Mark writes his Gospel about this time. 64 Paul comes out of Italy into Judea; visits the churches in Crete, Ephesus, Macedonia and Greece. Gessius Flarus made governor of Judea in place of Albinus. A.J3. 64 Nero sets fire to the city of Rome, throws the blame on the Chris- tians. First of the ten heathen persecutions of the Christians before Constantine. Seneca, Lucian, and others put to death. Nero's golden palace built ; of great extent, inclosing fields, etc. The buildings in Rome more regular after the fire. Peter writes his First Epistle, probably from Rome, and his Sec- ond Epistle, probably from the same place, about the beginning of the next year. 05 Tiridates placed on the throne of Armenia by Nero. Paul goes to Rome the last time ; is there put into prison ; also Peter. Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy. Epistle of Jude written in this or the following year. &Q The martyrdom of Paul and Peter at Rome, this or the following year. Pliny the elder, author of the first natural history ; Quintius Cur- tius, the historian ; Persius, satirist. Cestius Grallus, governor of Syria, comes to Jerusalem; enumer- ates the Jews at the passover. The first Jewish war begins in May. The Jews rise and kill the Roman garrison at Jerusalem. A massacre of the Jews of Cesarea and Palestine. Cestius, governor of Syria, comes into Judea. He besieges the temple of Jerusalem, retires, is defeated by the Jews. Vespasian appointed by Nero for the Jewish war. Josephus, the Jewish historian, made governor of Galilee. Vespasian sends his son Titus to Alexandria; comes himself to Antioch and forms a numerous army. 67 Vespasian enters Judea; subdues Gralilee. Josephus surrenders to Vespasian. The Zealots send for the Idumeans to succor Jerusalem. The Idumeans retire from Jerusalem. Pope St. Clement. 68 Nero, the Roman emperor, commits suicide. Galba succeeds him. Vespasian takes all the places of strength in Judea about Jeru- salem. John writes his three Epistles in this or the following year. 09 Galba dies. Otho declared emperor. Otho dies. Vitellius proclaimed emperor. The Coliseum of Vespasian. 70 Josephus set at liberty. Vespasian declared emperor by the army ; is acknowledged all over the East. In the beginning of whose reign Jerusalem is taken by the Ro- mans under Titus, the son of Vespasian, and all the awful pre- dictions of our Lord, as well as those of the ancient pi-ophets, are exactly accomplished. The city is desolated ; the temple destroyed so that not one stone was left on another; 1,100,000 persons perished miserably in the siege, and the remnant of the A. D. Jews are scattered to all nations and dispersed among them. 73 The philosophers expelled from Rome. Vespasian conquers Ly- cia, Rhodes, Thrace, Cilicia, Byzantium and Samos. 77 Popa St. Cletus. Revolt of the Parthians. A great plague at Rome, 10,000 dying in one day. The Capitolium rebuilt. 78 Circumnavigation of Scotland. 79 Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabire overwhelmed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and Pliny the naturalist loses his life. Quintilian flourishes. Vespasian dies and is succeeded by Titus. Very beautiful paintings in the Baths of Titus ; the group of the Laoccoon. 81 Valerius Flaccus poet, IMartial epigrammatist, Appollonius, Pytha- gorean philosopher, Epictetus stoic, Dio Chrysostom Greek rhet- orician and philosopher, Ignatius and Papias two of the fathers of the church. Death of Titus and succession of Domitian. The age of Silius Italicus, Tyanaeus, Solinus, Lupus, Agricola, etc. 8.3 Pope Anacletus. 85 Julius Agricola conqueror and governor of Britain builds a line of forts between the rivers Forth and Clyde ; defaats the Cale- donians under Galgacus, on the Grainpian hills; first sails around the island. Britain considerably advanced in Roman civilization. 8G Dercebal leader of the German hordes defeats Domitian and com- pels him to pay a yearly tribute. Capitoliue games instituted by Domitian and celebrated every fourth year. 88 Secular games celebrated. The war with Dacia begins. 93 St. John banished to Patmos. 95 The second persecution against the Christians begins about No- vember, and continues till the death of Domitian in the next year. 9G Domitian put to death by Stephanus and succeeded by Nerva. The age of Juvenal satirist, Tacitus historian. Statins poet, Aulus Gellius Latin grammarian, Plutarch moralist and biographer, and the younger Pliny. 97 About this time Timothy stoned. St. John returns from exile. 98 Nerva dies and is succeeded by Trajan a great sovereign and war- rior. Christian assemblies prohibited by Trajan. His perscutions of Christians were stopped by the interference of the humane Pliny, but he was severe upon the Jews, who had murdered 200,000 of his subjects. The Roman empire at its greatest extent. J. Severus general in Britain. The Ulpian library; public schools in all the provinces; juris- prudence flourishes ; t-hc city adorned with the Forum ; pillar of Trajan and baths ; a bridge built over the Danube. A. D. 100 St. John dies at Ephesus, aged 94. The Huns emigrate westward. 102 Pliny, proconsul in Bithynia, sends Trajan his account of the Christians. Great victories of Trajan. 103 Dacia reduced by Trajan to a Roman province. lOG Trajan's expedition against Parthia. x\bout this time flourished Florus, Suetonius and Dion Prusaeus, 107 Third persecution of the Christians by Trajan. The first credible historian among the Chinese. 108 St. Ignatius devoured by wild beasts at Rome. Pope Alexander I. 114 Trajan's column erected at Rome. 115 The Jews in Cyrene murder 200,000 Greeks and Romans. 116 Seizure of Ctesiphon. 117 Trajan dies and is succeeded by Adrian. The Euphrates the eastern boundary of the Roman empire. Armenia Major again governed by its own kings dependent upon Rome. 118 The fourth persecution against the Christians. 119 Pope Sixtus I. 1 20 The great buildings of Palmyra. Temple of the sun at Baalbec. The Roman mosaics. Adrian makes a progress through all the provinces. 121 The Caledonians reconquer from the Romans all the southern part of Scotland, upon which the emperor Adrian builds a wall between Newcastle and Carlisle. 12G Quadratus bishop of Athens. Adrian visits Asia and Egypt for seven years. 127 Pope Telesphorus. 130 Adrian rebuilds Jerusalem under the name of ^lia Capitolina, and erects there a temple to Jupiter. Heresy of Prodicus chief of the Adamites. 131 The Jews rebel and are defeated after a war of five years and are all banished. 132 Jurisprudence improved by the publishment of Adrian's perpet- ual code. Ptolemy the celebrated Egyptian astronomer and geographer, Arrian, Appian, Maximus, Lysias and Pausanias Greek histo- rians, Jjucian satirical writer, Hermogenes rhetorician of Tar- sus. 1 34 Heresy of Marcion who acknowledged three gods. 135 Polycarp and Aristides, Christian fathers. The second Jewish war ends when they were all banished from Judea; 580,000 Jews in Judea being destroyed by the Ro- mans. 138 Adrian dies and is succeeded by Antoninus Pius. In the reign of Adrian flourished Theon, Phavorinus, Phlegon, Trallian, Aquila and Salvius Julian. 139 Pope Ily genus. A. D 139 Justin writes liis first apology for the Christians. 140 Lollius Urbicus builds the wall along the line of Agricola's forts, called Antoninus' wall. 142 Pope Pius I. Heresy of Valentine. 145 Antoninus Pius defeats the Moors and afterwards the Germans and Dacians. 14 G Antoninus introduces the worship of Serapis into Rome. 1 5U Pope Anicetus. Canon of scripture fixed about this time. 152 Antoninus stops the persecution of Christians. 154 Justin Martyr publishes his apology for the Christians. 160 Embassy sent by Antoninus to China. 161 Antoninus dies and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelixis and L. Verus, the last of whom reigned nine years. In the reign of Antoninus flourished Diophantus, Polyamus. Artemidorus, Apuleius, etc. 162 A war with Parthia which continues three years. 166 Poly carp and Pionices martyred. 167 Plague over the whole known world. 169 The Marcomanni at war with Rome five years. Galen Greek physician, Athaeneus a grammarian, Diogenes La- ertius Greek historian. 171 Pope Eleutherus. 174 The miracle of the " Thundering Legion." 177 The Christians persecuted at Lyons. Theophilus, Tatian and Montanas. 179 Reign of Lucius, the first Christian king of Britain and in tl/e world. 180 The Goths on the coast of the Black Sea. The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius dies, and Commodus succeeds. 181 Commodus makes peace with the Germans. 183 A violent war in Britain ended by Marcellus, a British governor. 185 Pope Victor I. St. Irenoeus. 1 89 The Saracens defeat the Romans. This people first appear in history. The capitol of Rome destroyed hy lightning. 191 Rome nearly destroyed by fire. 192 Commodus assassinated by Martia and Lsetus. 193 Pertinax proclaimed emperor of Rome, by the Praetorian guards. This was the commencement of the Praetorian guard, which is the principal feature of the declining or falling of the Roman Empire. He was murdered after a reign of three months. Second Period, prom the decline to the division of the roman empire — 171 YEARS. A. D. 193 The Roman empire is bought at auction by Didius Julianas, who is put to death by order of the senate. Septimius Severus emperor of Home. He defeats his competitors Niger and Albinus. 194 Severus besieges Byzantium. 197 Pope Zephyrinus. 202 Fifth persecution of the Christians under Severus. Tertullian an able defender of Christianity. Clemens of Alexandria and Minutius Felix Christian fathers. 208 Severus' sons Caracalla and Geta go to Britain, where 50,000 Roman troops died of the plague. Papinian the greatest civil lawyer of antiquity. Julius Africa- nus chronologer. 209 Severus builds his wall across Britain from the Frith of Forth. 211 Severus dies at York and is succeeded by Caracalla and Geta. At this time flourished Philostratus, Plotianus, Bulas etc. 212 Geta killed by his brother Caracalla. Caracalla visits the provinces along the Danube. He wars with Catti and Alemanni. 217 Pope Calixtus I. The Septuagint found in a cask. Caracalla murdered by Macrinus. Oppian flourished. 218 Opilius Macrinus killed by the soldiers. Heliogabalus succeeds him. 222 Alexander Severus, a beneficent and enlightened prince. The Romans agree to pay an annual tribute to the Goths to pre- vent them from molesting the empire. 225 The Germans begin to threaten the Roman empire on the Rhine. 226 The victory of Severus over the Persians at Tadmor. 228 Pope Urban I. 229 The x\rsacidae of Parthia are conquered by Artaxerxes king of Media, and their empire destroyed. 234 Alexander defeats the Persians. 235 Severus murdered in a mutiny of the army. He is succeeded by Maximinus who defeats the Dacians and Sar- matians. Sixth persecution of the Christians under Maximinus, in which Leonidas, Irenaeus, Victor, Perpetua, and Felicitas are mar- tyred. Ammonius founder of a new school of Platonic philoaophj^ at Alexandria. Dion Cassius Greek historian. 236 Maximinus assassinated by his troops near Aquilea. A. B. 236 The two Gordlans succeed Maximinus and are put to death by Pupienus, who is destroyed with Balbinus by the soldiers of the younger Gordian two years after. 240 Sabinianus defeated in Africa. 241 The Franks first mentioned in history. They invade Gaul. 242 Gordian defeats the Persians uoder Sapor. Censorinus a critic and grammarian. 244 The Franks are repulsed at Moguntiacum. Gordian put to death by Philip the Arabian, who makes peace with Sapor. 247 The secular games restored. About this time flourished Gregory Thaumaturgus. 249 Philip killed and succeeded by emperor Decius. Herodian flourished. 250 Longinus philosopher and critic. Seventh persecution of the Christians by Decius. 251 Decius is slain by the Goths who invade the empire by crossiiig the Danube. Plotinus. Odin in Scandinavia. St. Cyprian bishop of Carthage. Monastic life begins about this time. Dispute between the churches of Rome and Africa about baptism Huns on the Caspian Sea. Gallus emperor of Rome purchases a peace with the Coths. 253 Emilianus emperor of Rome. 254 Valerian emperor of Rome is successful against the Germans and Goths. 25G Four great piratical expeditions of the Goths into Asia Minor and Greece during the following 13 years. 259 Valerian defeated, taken prisoner and flayed alive by the Per- sians. 2G0 The temple of Diana at Ephesus burnt. Gallienus emperor of Rome. Period of the 30 tyrants. The Persians penetrate to Ravenna. 2G1 Sapor the Persian takes Antioch, Tarsus and Caesarea. 2G4 Odenatus king of Palmyra. He is succeeded by his wife Zenobia who reigns with the titles of Augusta and Queen of the East. Gallienus forms an alliance with Odenatus. llGT Cleodamus and Athenius defeat the Goths and Scythians. 2()8 Gallienus killed and succeeded by Claudius II. In this reign flourished Paulus Samosatenus, etc. 2G9 Claudius conquers the Goths and kills 300,000 of them. Claudius II. dies at Sirmium. Pope Felix I. Zenobia conquers Egypt, a part of Armenia and Asia Minor. 270 M. Aurelius Claudius Quintillus, a brother of Claudius, who pro- claimed himself emperor of Rome, and 17 days after destroyed A. D. himself by opening his veins in a bath when he he.rd thai Ay- reHan was marching against him. 270 Aurelian emperor of Komc, a great warrior. 272 Ninth persecution under Aurelian. 273 Zenobia defeated at Edessa by Aurelian, who destroys her mag- nificent capital and carries her to Rome. 274 Manes originates the heresy of the Manichaeans ; rejects all the sacraments, refuses allegiance to temporal sovereigns, etc. France, Spain and Britain reduced to obodieace to Jlomc. The Temple of the Sun at Rome burnt. Dacia given up to the barbarians. Silk first brought from India. The manufacture of it introduced into Europe by some monks in 551 ; first worn by the cler- gymen in England in 1534. Rome surrounded by a wall. Longinus dies. 275 Aurelian killed and succeeded by Tacitus, who died after a reign of six months and was succeeded by Florianus, and two months after by Probus. 276 Porphyry the Greek philosopher and opposcr of Christianity. Probus, a warlike prince, obtains several victories over the bar- barians. The Franks permitted by Probus to settle in Gaul. 277 Extraordinary naval expedition of the Thracian Franks in the Mediterranean and Northern seas. 280 The Persians defeated by Probus. 282 Probus is put to death and succeeded by Carus, who is killed by lightning. 2SI^ Carinus and Numerianus effeminate and cruel emperors. Pope Caius. The Jewish Talmud and Targum composed. Paul, the Theban, the first hermit. Religious ceremonies multiplied. Pagan rites imitated by the Christians. 281 Diocletian sends embassadors to China. The " Era of Diocletian " or of " the martyrs," August 29. Diocletian's oriental form of government; the monarchy consid- ered hereditary ; nomination of the Caesars as co-rulers. Diocletian's baths, containing 3,000 benches of white marble, while the walls were adorned with paintings. 286 Britain usui'ped by Carausius who reigns seven years. The empire attacked by northern barbarians and several provin- ces usurped by tyrants. Maximianus a colleague of the emperor. Hierax, chief of the Hieraxians, asserts that Melchisedec was the Holy Ghost, and denies the resurrection. 290 The Gregoriao code. 291 The Franks make themselves masters of Batavia and Flanders. 294 Narses king of Persia loses xlrmenia, Mesopotamia and Assyria. 29*3 Britain recovered after a usurpation often years. Alexandria taken by Diocletian. A. D. 296 Monks in Spain and Egypt. Pope Marcellinus. ?i\> I Hormisdas II. king of Persia, builds Ormus. 303 Last of the ten persecutions of the Christians begins at Nicoiue- dia, Feb. 23, under Diocletian. 304 Diocletian and Maximianus abdicate the empire and live in re- tirement, succeeded by Constantius Chlorus and Galerius Max- imianus, the two Caesars. At this time flourished Gregory and Hermogenes lawgivers, ^^lius Spartia.nus and Vopiscus historians, Trebellius PoUio, J. Capitolinus, Hierocles, etc. Anobius of Africa C. F. converted from idolatry. 306 Constantino the Great the first Christian emperor begins his reign. At this time there were four emperors, some authors say six, Licinius, Maximianus and Maxentius. Constantine defeats the Franks. 308 Cardinals first appointed. 312 Maxentius defeated and killed. The praetorian guard broken up by Constantine. 313 The tenth persecution ends by an imperial edict. 314 Civil war with Licinius. 315 Crucifixion abolished. 319 Constantine tolerates and favors Christianity. - 321 Constantine appoints the observance of Sunday. 322 Constantine defeats and banishes Licinius, and becomes sole em- peror. 323 Foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great. Celebrated dome of St. Sophia ; the splendor of the court so great that it cost more than the legions. 325 Constantine abolishes the combats of gladiators and assemblies. The Council of Nice from June 19 to August 25, consisting of 318 bishops who condemn Arianism. Eusebius bishop of Caesarea, C. F. and ecclesiastical historian. Lactantius, Athanasius, Arius, Ephraim and Basil C. F. flourish in the reign of Constantine. Legal establishment of Christianity. 328 Constantine removes the seat of empire from Rome to Byzanti- um, afterwards called Constantinople and solemnly dedicated it May 11, 330. 330 Constantinople becomes the seat of art and literature. Dreadful persecution of Christians in Persia lasting 40 years. 331 Constantine orders all the heathen temples to be destroyed. 333 Great famine and pestilence in Syria. 334 Revolt of Sarmatian slaves ; 300,000 are dispersed over the em- pire. 336 Pope Marcus. 337 The death of Constantine and succession of his three sons, Con- stantine II., Constantius II. and Constans. Destruction of the Flavian family. A. D. 337 Eleveutli persecution. Saints invoked, the cross reverenced and incense used by the Christians. Pope Julius. 338 War between Constantius and Sapor. 340 Constantine the younger defeated and killed by Constans at Aquilea. 150 Grreek and Asiatic cities destroyed by an earthquake. Ossian, the Caledonian bard supposed to have flourished about this time. 341 The gospel propagated in Ethiopia by Frumentius. 350 Constans killed in Spain by Maguentius. Hermanric king of the Ostrogoths founds an extensive empire. The Franks in Gaul. The contest along the whole European and Asiatic borders of the empire begins. 354 Gallus put to death by Constantius. 356 Pope Felix II. Cyril bishop of Jerusalem. 357 Eutropius and Marcellinus historians, Jamblicus and Eunapius Greek historians. 358 One hundred and fifty cities of Greece and Asia ruined by an earthquake. Six German kings defeated by Julian at Strasburg. 360 Constantius and Julian quarrel and prepare for war, but the for- mer dies the next year and leaves the latter sole emperor. 361 Julian the apostate attempts in vain to rebuild the temple at Je- rusalem. The Goths divide into the Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or eastern and western Goths. 363 Julian dies and is succeeded by Jovian. Aurelius Victor. A disadvantageous peace with the Persians. 364 Death of Jovian and the accession of Valentinian and Valens, under whom the emp*e is divided. Eastern empire from the lower Danube to the confines of Per- sia, Constantinople being the capital. Western empire extending from the Caledonian ramparts to the foot of Mount Atlas. Home continually to be the cap- ital. Third Period. PROM THE DIVISION TO THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE — 112 YEARS A. D. 364 Valens emperor of the East. Valciitiniau I. elected by the army emperor of the West. 365 The Saxons begin to make descents on the e:;steru coasts of Britain. 367 Grati:ui taken as a partner in the Western empire by Valeutiu- ian. 373 The Bible translated into the Gothic language. 375 Valentinian II. succeeds Valentinian I. The barbarian invasions increase in frequency and force. The great migration of the nomadic nations of Scythia, Sarmatia, etc. 376 Hung.iry (ancient Pannonia) invaded by the Huns, from whom it is named. The Goths expelled by the Iluns arc allowed by Valeas to settle in Thrace. 378 Valens defeated and slain by the Goths near Adrianople. 379 Valens succeeded by Theodosius the Great, a zealous supporter of Christianity. Tke Lombards first leave Scandinavia and defeat the Vandals. The prerogatives of the Roman See nuich enlarged. 330 Aurelius Victor author of lives of celebrated Romans. 381 The second general council of Constantinople. 383 Valentinian II. is dispossessed by Maximus, but is restored by Theodosius ; makes Treves his capital. Gratian killed by Andragathius. 384 Symachus pleads in the Roman senate for paganism, against St. Ambrose. 388 Theodosius defeats Maximus the tyrant of the Western empire. 392 Valentinian II. is strangled at Vienna by Arbogastes, a Gaul, commander of the army. Eugenius usurps the Western empire and is two years after de- feated by Theodosius. St. Chrysostom patriarch of Constantinople, St. x\mbrose arch- bishop of Milan, St. James, St. Martin and St Augusiine Christian Fathers. Image worship. The Christian hierarchy begins. Prudentius and Ausonius Latin poets. Pappus and Theon of Al- exandria mathematicians. 394 Theodosius becomes sole emperor of the East and West. Complete downfidl of paganism. Final division of the empire between the sons of Theodosius. 395 Claudian Latin poet. Theodosius dies and is succeeded by his sons, Arcadius in the East and Honorius in the West. A. D. 396 The Groths devastate Thessaly, Central Greece and the Pelopon- nesus ; made to retreat by Stiliclio. 398 Gildo, defeated by his own brother, kills himself. 400 Bells invented by Paulinus of Campagnia. 401 Alaric devastates Italy. Pope Innocent I. 402 The Roman troops began to be withdrawn in great numbers from Britain. 405 Stilicho defeats 200,000 Goths at FesuUx;. 406 The Vandals, Alans and Suevi spread into France and Spain by a concession of Honorius cnijxiror of the West. Alaric king. 408 Theodosius the younger succeeds Arcadius in the East, having Isdegerdes king of Persia as his guardian, appointed by his father. 409 The Suevi begin their kingdom over a part of Spain. Homeric their first king. 410 Rome taken and plundered by Alaric king of the Visigoths, Au- gust 24. Death of Alaric. 411 Athalsus king of Spain. 412 The Vandals begin their kingdom in Spain under Gunderic. Honorius gives up Britain. Macrobius Platonic philosopher. Cyril bishop of Alexandria, Isidore and Socrates ecclesiastical historians, Orosius a Spanish disciple of St. Augustine, and Pelagius a British monk who denied (u-iginal sin. 413 The kingdom of the Burguudiaus begins in Alsace under Guu- dicar. 414 The Visigoths begin the kingdom of Toulouse under Ataulfus. Regency of Pulcheria, sister of the emperor of the East. 415 Athalsus murdered by his soldiers. Wallia succeeds him. 416 The Pelagian heresy condemned by the African bishops. 417 The Alani defeated and extirpated by the Goths. 419 Many cities in Palestine de£;troyed by an earthquake. 420 Theodoric I. king of Spain, afterwards killed in battle. Persian war with the East. Franks. Pharamond their first king on the lower Rhine. 423 The death of Honorius and succession of Valentinian III. Under Honorius flourished Sulpicius Sevcrus, Anianus, Pano- dorus, Stobscus, Servius the commentator, Hypatia, Pelagius, Synesius, etc. 425 Theodosius establishes public schools and attempts the restora- tion of learning. 426 The Romans withdraw their last troops from Britain. 427 Pannonia recovered from the Huns by the Romans. The Vandals pass into x\frica. 428 j3<]tius, the Roman general defeated by the Franks and Goths. Clodion king of the Franks extends his conquests to the river Somne. 429 Nestorius bishop of Constantinople acknowledges two persons in Jesus Christ. A. D. 431 Third general council at Ephesus. Armenia divided among the Persians and Romans. 432 St. Patrick preaches the gospel in Ireland. 433 A great part of Constantinople destroyed by fire. 435 The Theodosian code published. JSestorianism prevails in the East. 437 Pannonia, Dalmatia and Noricuui gained from the Western em- pire, ^tius defeats the Goths. 439 Geuseric the Vandal takes Carthage and begins the kingdom of the Vandals in Africa, Oct. 19. 441 The Roman territories invaded by the Huns, Persians and Sax- ons. 4 13 The Manichaean books burnt at Rome. 445 Flavian patriarch of Constantinople. 44li The Britons, abandoned by the Romans, make their celebrated complaint to JEtius against the Picts and Scots, and three years after the Saxons settle in Britain upon the invitation of Vortigern, 447 Attila '• The Scourge of God " with his Huns ravages the Ro- man empire and attempts to form an immense empire from China to the Atlantic. He died suddenly on the first night of his nuptials, in 453. Eutyches asserts the existence of only one- nature in Jesus Christ. 448 Franks. Merovaeus I; king of the Merovingians. 449 Ibus bishop of Edessa and Eusebius bishop of Doryleum deposed. Vortigern king of the Britons invites the Saxons into Britain against the Scots and Picts. 450 Theodosius II. dies and is succeeded by Marcianus. About this time flourished Zozimus, Theodoret, Sozomen, Olym- piodorus, etc. Marcianus a Thracian refuses to pay the annual tribute to the Huns. Torrismund king of Spain. 451 The arrival of the Saxons in Britain under Hengist and Horsa. Attila defeated at Chalons sur Marne. 452 The city of Venice founded. Theodoric II. king of Spain. 454 Death of Valentinian III. who is succeeded by Maximus for two months, by Avitus for ten, and after an interregnum of ten months by 456 Majorian. 457 Hengist and Horsa found the kingdom of Kent. Leo I. the Thracian succeeds JMarcian in the East ; first empe- ror ever crowned by the patriarch. War with the Goths. 458 Childeric I. conquers as far as the Loire and takes Paris. 461 Peace with the Goths. Theodoric is received from them as a hostage. Severus succeeds in the Western empire. A. D. 467 Anthemius succeeds in the Western empire after an interregnum of two years. 468 Spain. The Visigoths under Euric establish their kingdom and expel the Romans from Spain. The principle established that every accused person shall be tried by his peers or equals. 472 Olybius succeeds Anthemius in the West and is succeeded the next year by Glycerius, and Glycerins by Nepos. Great eruption of Mount Vesuvius ; seen from Constantinople. 474 Leo Junior, son of Ariadne succeeds his grandfather Leo. Zeno emperor of the East ; a turbulent reign ; debaucheries and conspiracies. The Visigoths receive written laws. 475 Theodoric becomes chief of the Ostrogoths and invades the em- pire. He ravages Thrace. 476 Romulus Augustulus, last king of the Western empire. Rome taken by Odoacer king of the Heruli. End of the Western empire and commencement of the kingdom of Italy under Odoacer. Odoacer's sack of Rome was the great event which preceded the Middle or " dark ages." The form of the old Roman govern- ment remained, the senate, the consuls, etc., but Italy, ravaged by a succession of wars, plagues, famines and every form of public tyranny and domestic slavery, was nearly a desert. Fourth Period. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE "DARK AGES" TO THE HEGIRA — 146 YEARS. 480 An earthquake lasting 40 days destroys the greater part of Con- stantinople. 481 France. Clovis I. founder of the French monarchy. Zeno makes Theodoric general and consul. 483 Pope Felix III. excommunicated by Acacius bishop of Constan- tinople. 484 Alaric II. king of the Visigoths in Spain. 485 France. Battle of Soissons gained by Clovis. 486 Rise of the feudal system in France under Clovis. 487 The Saxons defeated by Prince Arthur and Ambrosius. 490 Ella founds the kingdom of Sussex. Italy ravaged by the barbarians. 491 After the death of Zeno in the East, Ariadne married Anastati- us I. surnamed Silentiary, who ascended the vacant throne. Clovis subdues Thuringia. 493 The kingdom of Italy passes from the Heruli to the Ostrogoths A. D. by the taking of Ravenna by Theodoric the Great, Feb 27, after a siege of nearly three years. 493 Theodoric introduces the architecture of Greece to improve tlie buildings of Italy. 494 The Roman Pontifi' asserts his supremacy. 490 Clovis king of France baptized and Christianity begun in that kingdom. 493 Publication of the Gcmara or Talmud of Babylon. 499 Clovis concludes a peace with Theodoric in Italy. 500 Burgundy becomes his tributary. 501 Burgundian laws published, being a collection of the rights and customs of the Burgundians. 502 The Eastern empire ravaged and the imperial arn)y destroyed by Carbades king of Persia. 503 The Scots or Dalriads from Ireland migrated to Scotland under their leader Fergus. 504 The Eastern empire makes peace with Carbades. 507 Gesalric king of Spain. Clovis defeats Alaric near Poictiers. Clovis conquers the Visigoths and firmly establishes the kingdom of the Franks, the country being aiterwards called France. 508 Prince Arthur begins his reign over the Britons. 510 Clovis makes Paris the capital of the kingdom of the Pranks. 511 Prankish kingdom divided into Austrasia and Neustria. Clovis dies ; succeeded by his sons, Thierry I., Childebert J , Clodomir and Clotaire I., who reigned jointly. Amalaric king of Spain. A great insurrection in Constantinople, 10,000 killed. The Salic law established in France. 512 The Heruli allowed by Anastatius to settle in Thrace. 513 Christianity embraced by the Persian king Carbades. Boethius the Roman poet and philosopher. 514 Constantinople besieged by Vitalianus, whose fleet is burned with a brazen Speculum by Proclus. 515 Benedictine rule established. 516 The computation of time by the Christian era introduced by Di- onysius the monk. 517 The Getse ravage Illyricum, Macedon, etc. 518 Anastatius killed by lightning. Justin I. a peasant of Dalmatia succeeds him. Brilliant period of the Byzantine empire until 565. 519 Justin restores the orthodox bishops and condemns the Eutychi- ans. Britain. Prince Arthur defeated at Charford by Cerdic, who begins the third Saxon kingdom of Wessex. 522 Amalaric the first Gothic king who establishes his court in Spain, His capital Seville. 525 The Arian bishops deposed by Justin, and this act highly reseni,- ed by Theodoric. 526 Theodoric died. His grandson Athalaric succeeded him, the A. D. government being administered by his mother Araalasontba. 526 250,000 persons destroyed by an eartliquake at Antiocb. f>27 Justinian I., nephew of Justin, celebrated for bis code of lawa and the victories of his generals. Belisarius and Narses. Essex in England founded about this time by Ercenwin. 529 The books of the civil law published by Justinian. The schools of Athens suppressed. Belisarius defeats the Persians under Chosroes. 530 The fables of Pilpay translated into Persian. 531 Theodat or Theudis succeeds Amalaric in Spain. Chess introduced into Persia from India. 532 Belisarius quells a conspiracy in Constantinople. Burgundy conquered by Childebert. 533 Belisarius begins his successful campaign in defence of the em- pire. 534 Conquest of Africa by Belisarius. Theodatus king of Italy. 535 Belisarius subdues Sicily. 536 Belisarius subdues Naples. Vitiges king of the Ostrogoths surrenders his possessions in Gaul to the French king. 537 Belisarius takes Home ; defeats the Ostrogoths in Italy. 538 He defeats the Huns in Thrace. Architecture. The church of St. Sophia built at Constantinople. Proclus a learned Platonist. 539 Italy. War, famine and pestilence. The city of JMilan ravaged by the Goths. 540 Vitiges at Ravenna. North Africa, Corsica and Sardinia an- nexed to the Eastern empire. The Monothelites who acknowledged but one will in Jesus Christ. 541 The reign of Totila who twice ])illages Rome, and reduces the in- habitants to such distress that the ladies and people of quality are obliged to beg for bread at the doors of the Goths; contin- ues till 552. 542 The Roman consulship suppressed by Justinian. Plague at Constantinople. During three months from 5,000 to 10,000 die daily. Britain. Prince Arthur murdered at Cornwall. 545 The beginning of the Turkish empire in Asia. 54G Rome taken and pillaged by Totila. 547 Kingdoms north of the Ilumber established by the Angles. 548 The Lombards settle in Pannonia. Spain. Theodisele. 549 Spain. Agila king. Siege of Petra. 550 Poland a dukedom. Lechus I. duke and legislator. His poster- ity held the dukedom for about 150 yearn;. 551 The manufacture of silk brought from India into Europe by monks. 552 Defeat and death of Totila, the Gothic king of Italy, by Narses. 553 Tejas king of Italy. A. D. 553 The power of tiae Gotlis destroyed and tlieir kingdom overtlirown by tlie generals of the Eastern empire. 554 Athanagild I. king of Spain. Italy governed by Greek exarchs. 556 Civil wars in France. 557 The church of St. Germain de Pres built at Paris. A terrible plague all over Europe, Asia and Africa which 'asted nearly 50 years. 558 Clotaire sole monarch of France. Procopius a Greek historian, among the last of the classic writers. 559 Saxon laws. The king's authority limited by the Wittenagemot. Three orders, the noble, the free and the servile. Trial by ordeal. 560 Britain. The kingdom of Northumbria formed by the union of Bernicia and Deira. Ethelbert king of Kent subdues most of the Saxon kings. 561 France. Charibert I., Gontran, Chilperic and Sigebert, sons of Clotaire reigned jointly. Belisarius disgraced by Justinian. 562 Belisarius restored. He quells a conspiracy. 563 Great fire in Constantinople, the city nearly destroyed. 565 Justin II., son of Vigilantia the sister of Justinian, succeeds in the Hast. Christianity introduced among the Picts by Columbi. 567 Spain. Liuva I. king. 568 Italy conquered by the Lombards under Alboin. He fixes his capital at Pavia. The old Roman municipal system in Italy overthrown by the in- vasion of the Lombards, and the feudal system established. Written laws compiled among the nations of German origin ; first by the Visigoths in Spain. Semicircular arches introduced into the architecture of churches with much grotesque sculpture. 569 Exarchs are sent to Ravenna by the Eastern emperors against the Lombards. The Roman pontiff acquires the supreme power in the city. The Turks first mentioned in history. They send embassies to Justin and form an alliance. Birth of Mahomet or Mohammed the Arabian prophet. He died in 632, ten years after his famous Hegira. 570 Spain. Leovigild king. 571 Britain. Bretwalda II. king of Wessex. 574 Tiberius associated with Justin in the government. 575 East Anglia founded by Ufi;i, formed into a province and called Angle-land, whence the origin of the name England. The first monastery founded in Bavaria. Great increase of mir- acles. 576 Justin defeats Chosroes king of Persia. 578 Tiberius II. an ofiicer in the imperial guard is adopted, and soon after succeeds in the East. A. D. 580 The Latin language ceases to be spoken in Italy wliilc it super- sedes the Gothic in Spain. 581 The city of Pai-is destroyed by fire. 582 Maurice the Cappadocian son-in-law of Tiberius succeeds him. Under his reign the empire extends to the Araxes and almost to the Caspian sea. 583 The Suevi in Spain conquered by the Visigoths, which finishes that kingdom. France. Clotaire II. king of Soissons. 584 The origin of fiefs. 586 Mercia founded by the Angles. The Roman Catholic faith established in Spain. 587 Recared king of Spain. Thirteen kings reign before Egica. See Regal ladex. 588 Gregory of Tours the father of French history. 590 Gregory I. called the Great fills St. Peter's chair at Rome. The doctrine of purgatoi'y first taught. Mass introduced. The few men of learning who flourished the latter end of this century were Gildas the first British historian, Agathias a Grecian historian, Evagrius ecclesiastical historian, Cassiodo- rus the historian of Ravenna, tutor to Theodoric. 591 Britain. Ethelbert king of Kent gains the pre-eminence and becomes Bretwalda III. 595 Istria, Bohemia and Poland invaded by the Sclavonians. 59G Bretwalda king of England converted to Christianity. Thierry II. and Theodobert sons of Childebert II. reigned joint- ly with Clotaire II. till 613, when Clotaire became sole king. 597 Augustine the monk, with forty others, comes to preach Chris- tianity in England. 600 Italy ravaged by the Sclavonians. 602 Phocas, a simple centurion, is elected emperor after the revolt of the soldiers and the murder of Maurice and his children. 604 Britain. St. Paul's Church founded by Ethelbert king of Kent 605 Use of bells introduced into churches. 606 Popery and Mohammedanism. Pope Boniface III. made supreme head of the church by Phocas, The title Universal Bishop assumed. The Waldenses refuse submission to Rome. 607 Britain. Supremacy of the Pope acknowledged. The Pantheon at Rome dedicated to God, the Virgin and the Saints. Pope Boniface IV. The aristocracy acquire great power in France, somewhat re- strained by the mayors of the palace. Rites and superstitions increase in all Europe. Relics sought for and worshipped. Lit.iuies addressed to the Virgin. The burning of candles by day. 609 Mohammed begins to preach Islaniism. The Jews of Autioch massacre the Christians. 610 Eeraclius an ofiicer in Africa succeeds after the murder of the usurper Phocas. A. D. Gil The conquests of Cliosroes king of Persia in Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, and afterwards his siege of Rome. 612 Mohammed pubUshes his Koran. Britain. Ethelfrith king of Northumbria defeats the Britons and destroys the monastery of Bangor. 614 The Persians take Jerusalem with dreadful slaughter. 615 War between Lombardy and Ravenna. Secundus historian of Lombardy. 617 Ethelbert publishes the first code of laws in England. Britain. St. Peter's (now Westminster Abbey) founded by S-i- bert king of Kent. 618 Constantinople taken and pillaged by the Avari. 620 Isodorus historian of Spain, grammaiian and philosopher. 622 Mohammed, in his 53d year, flies from Mecca to Medina on P- i- day, July 16, which forms the first year of the Hegira. E«-a of the Mohammedans. Heraclius defeats the Persians under Chosroes. Fifth Period, from the hegira to charlemagne at rome — 178 years. 625 Pope Honorius I. He had a taste for splendid cathedrals aad processions. Monks and monasteries increase. 626 Constantinople is besieged by the Persians and Arabs. 628 Pnince. Dagobert 1. and Charibert II. Dagobert builds the church of St. Deny, the burial place of tlie French kings. " The Invention of the Cross " by Helena. 629 Mecca taken. 6ijl Samo a merchant of France makes himself king of Bohemia. 6o2 Death of Mohammed, aged 63 years. Abu Bekir succeeds him as caliph of the Saracens. Islamisui and the power of the caliphs established in the Ea&t. The highest spiritual and regal authority united in the caliphs. Africa and Asia with the churches of Jerusalem Alexandria ard Antioch lost to the Christian world by the progress of M )- hammedanism. 633 Brctwalda V. He embraces Christianity. Omar Caliph. 634 l*ersia becomes subject to the Moslems. 636 Christianity introduced into China. 637 Jerusalem taken by Omar and the Saracens, who keep possession of it 463 years. ti38 France. Clevis II., five years old. AD. 638 The kingdom divided. Sigebert II. 18 years old beiog king of Austrasia. The 8ai-acens conquer Syria. The power of the mayors of the palace in France begins, through the incompetence of the kings. 640 The library of Alexandria, founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus, is burnt by the Saracens. 641 Constantine III. I^niperor of the East for a few months, poisoned by his step-mother. His son Constans is declared emperor, though Heracleonas, with his mother Martina wished to continue in possession of the supreme power. 642 Pope Theodorus. He assumes the title of sovereign pontiff. 643 The temple of Jerusalem converted into a Mohammedan mosque. 644 Pope Martin I. He ordains celibacy of the clergy. Separation between the Greek and Koman churches. The University of Cambridge, England, founded by Sigebert king of E. Anglia about this time. 647 The Saracens become masters of Africa and Cyprus. 650 Mercia, England, converted to Christianity. 653 The Saracens take Rhodes and destroy the Colossus. Persia becomes a part of the empire of the caliphs. 655 France. Clotaire III. 657 Pope Vitalian. He established the universal use of the Latin language in the service of the church. 659 The Saracens obtain peace from Constans by agreeing to paj him 100,000 crowns yearly. 660 France. Childeric II. Organs first used in churches. 663 Constans goes to Rome and plunders the treasury. Lombardy conquered by Grimoald, duke of Beneventura. 664 Glass brought into England by Renalt a monk. 668 Constantine IV. surnamed l\)gonatLi.s succeeds, on the murder of his father in Sicily. Const:mtinople is first besieged by the Arabs. 669 The Saracens make an attack upon Sicily. 670 Grand Cairo founded. 672 The Saracens driven from Spain by Wamba king of the Goths. 673 Constantinople ineffectually besieged by the Saracens for seven years, Callinicus having invented the Greek fire. The Caliph conqjelled to purchase a peace of thirty years by paying a yearly tribute. 674 The abbey of Whitby and the monastery of Gilling founded. In France the Teutonic language supersedes the Latin. 675 Spain. Wamba gains a naval victory over the Arabs who at- tempt to invade his kingdom. 676 Pope Domnus. The popes become independent of the Greek emperor. 679 France. Thierry III. 680 The sixth general Council at Constantinople called by the empe- ror Constantine who presides. ^.J). 680 The kingdom of Bulgaria founded. Yezid caliph of the Saracens. 682 Spain. Wamba abdicates and turns monk. Pope Leo II. He usurps the right of investiture. 685 The Britons after a struggle of near 150 years are totally defeat- ed by the Saxons and driven into Wales and Cornwall. Justinian II. succeeds his father Constantine. In his exile of ten years the purple was usurped by Leontiua and Absimerus Tiberius. His restoration occurred 705. Theophylactus lived at this time. In Persia the Magian religion gives way to the IMohammedan. 687 Severe persecution of the Jews in Spain. Egica king. 688 Ina king of Wessex publishes his laws about this time. 690 Pepin de Heristal mayor of the palace governs France about 24 years. Pepin and his son were not styled kings though thfiy exercised supreme authority, nor were they of the Merovingian V CO. 61)1 Julian of Toledo historian and moralist. 692 Clovis III. king of Prance. 695 Justinian II. deposed and his nose cut off by Leontius. Childebert III. king of France. 696 Auafesto the first doge of Venice. 697 Vitizza king. The Venerable Bede, ecclesiastical historian. 698 Absimerus Tiberius succeeds Leontius. Poland. Cracow founded. An elective monarchy established. Armenia and the provinces between the Black and Caspian seas subdued by Caliph Abdulmelek. Adhelm the first British writer in prose and verse. Sclavonian republics in Bohemia. Carthage razed and the north coast of Africa completely subju- gated by the Saracens. 700 Britain. Anglo-Saxon Octarchy. France, Aquitaine, Burgundy and Provence become separate dukedoms. Christianity introduced into Croatia. 701 Pope John VI. 704 The first province given to the pope. 705 Pope John VII. Justinian II. restored. Syria recovered. 200,000 Saracens slain. Britain. Alfred the Wise, in Northumbria. 708 Pope Sissinius 20 days. Pope Constantine. Christianity greatly extended among the German nations and other people in the north of Europe ; but almost extei uiinated in Africa by the progress of Mohammedanism. 709 Africa finally conquered by the Arabs. 710 Spain. Roderic, the last king of the Goths. France. Dagobert III. king. Justinian put to death by Philip Bardanes, who reigns under the name of Philippicus. Custom of kissing the Pope's foot introduced. Spain conquered by the Saracens under Muca. By the marriage of Abdallah, the Moor, with the widow of the Gothic king, the two nations are united in interest. Accession of Artemius II. to the throne of the East. Denmark. Gormo I. king. France. Charles Martel, son of Pepin, Mayor of the palace, and Duke of France, governs France about 26 years. Pope Gregory II. Childeric II. king of France. Ethelbald king of Mercia. The art of making paper brought from Samarcand by the Arabs. George Syncellus a Grecian chronologist. Second siege of Constantinople by the Arabs. Anastatius abdicates, and is succeeded by Iheodosius III., who, two years after yields to the su]>erior influence of Leo III., the first of the Isauriau dynasty. Pelagius a royal Visigoth proclaimed king of Asturias, in Spain. Glastonbury abbey built by Ina. Thierry IV. king of France. Leo, Eastern emperor, attempts to procure the assassination of the Pope. The Komans defend him. Increasing power, temporal and spiritual, of the Pope. Dark period of Eui'opean literature. The Arabs invade Constantinople by land with 120,000 men and by sea with 1,800 ships. The city is saved by the Greek fire, the Arab fleet being almost entirely destroyed. France. Charles Martel crosses the Rhine and subdues Bavaria. Image worship being forbidden by the emperor Leo causes great disturbance. The Greek possessions in Italy are lost on account of the edict forbidding image worship. Britain. Ina king of Wessex begins the tax called Peter's pence to support a college at Rome. Leo orders the Pope to be seized. Gregory excommunicates the emperor. The Iconoclasts or image breakers. Winifred an Anglo Saxon preaches the gospel to the Frisons. Pope Gregory III. The Saracens defeated by Charles Martel between Tours and Poictiers, in October, The Venerable Bede dies — a grammarian, philosopher, historian and theologian. Leo Isauricus the Eastern emperor destroys all the images in his dominions and persecutes the monks. Death of Pelagius who preserved the Christian monarchy in A. D. Asturia, and is succeeded by Favila. 737 Favila king of Spain. Killed by a boar in hunting. 738 Alphonsus I. king of Spain, Catholic. 740 The Abbasides, caliphs of the Saracens encourage learning. Spoletto taken by the Normans but recovered by the Pope. 741 Constanttne V. named Copronymus succeeds his father Leo. 742 France. Childeric III. Fredegaire, a French historian. 746 The Arabs defeated by Constantine. Rhodes, Cyprus and Autioch captured. A dreadful pestilence over Europe and Asia three years. 748 The computation of time from the birth of Christ first used in historical writings. Virgilius a priest is condemned as a heretic for believing in the existence of antipodes. 749 The dynasty of the Abbasides obtains the caliphate. 750 The Danish chronicles mention 18 kings to the time of Ragnor Lodbrog. 752 End of the Merovingian line of French kings. Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel, first of the Carlovingian line. The dynasty of the Onmiiades overthrown. The Pope dethrones Childeric king of France by a papal decree. Pope Stephen III. at war with the Lombards assisted by Pepin. The exarchs of Ravenna conquered by the Lombards after hav- ing continued 183 years. 753 Pepin aids the Pope with a large army against the Lombards. Italy. Ravenna a dukedom. 754 Pope Stepheh journeys to Pepin to implore his protection. 755 Commencement of the l^ope's temporal power under the auspices of Pepin who bestows on Stephen the exarchate of Ravenna. 756 The Saracens in Sp lin revolting from the house of Abbas found the Ommiade kingdom of Cordova. 757 Spain. Froila, grand.son of Pelagius builds Oviedo and makes it the scat of his kingdom. Pope Paul I. An organ sent by Constantine to France. 758 OflPa king of Mercia begins to reign. 760 John of Damascus a founder of the scholastic philosophy. 762 The golden period of the Saracenic empire. Bagdad built by Almanzor. Abbaside caliphs promote learning. 763 A violent frost which began Oct. 1 and continued 150 days. 766 Asia Minor ravaged by the Turks. 768 Pope Stephen IV. France. Charlemagne or Charles the Great reigns with his brother Carloman until 772. Aurelius king of Spain. Ignorance, profligacy and misery characterized the age preceding Charlemagne. A. D. 770 The Eastern monasteries dissolved by the emperor Constantine. Sigefrid king of Denmark. 772 Charlemagne sole monarch of France. Pope Adrian I. on whom the ecclesiastical state was conferred by Charlemagne. 774 Charlemagne invades Italy, takes Pavia, defeats Didier king of Lombardy and annexes Italy to his empire. End of the Lombard kingdom. Great victory over the Bulgarians. Silo king of Spain. 775 Leo IV. son of Constantine succeeds in the east. 778 A part of Charlemagne's army defeated at lloncesvallcs. 771) Charlemagne conquers Navarre, Sardinia and the Saxons. Imposition of tithes enforced by Charlemagne for the support of the clergy, churches, schools and the pour. 780 Leo is succeeded by his wife Irene and his son Constantine VI. 781 Irene, queen mother, restores image worship. 783 Mauregat king of Spain. The first palm tree planted in Spain. 785 Charlemagne attempts to unite the Rhine and the Danube. The Eastern empire is invaded by Ilaroun al Raschid caliph of Bagdad. Golden period of learning in Arabia under the caliph Haroun al Raschid. Forcible conversion of the Saxons by Charlemagne. 786 Constantine imprisons his mother Irene for her cruelty. 787 Britain. First recorded invasion of the Danes upon the English coast. The Sea Kings and Vikings. 788 Pleadings in courts of justice first practised. 789 Veremond king of Spain. 791 Alphonsus II. " the chaste," king of Spain. Alphonsus II. refusing to pay the Saracens the annual tribute of 100 virgins, war is declared. Alphonsus is victorious and ob- tains the appellation of " the chaste." 793 Foundation of schools in monasteries and cathedrals by Charle- magne. The Gregorian chant. 794 The Synod of Frankfort. George the monk. Pope Leo III. sends to Charlemagne for confirmation. Masses said for money. The Saracens ravage Thrace. Charlemagne -extirpates the Huns. 797 Irene murders her son and reigns alone. 800 Agriculture and horticulture encouraged by Charlemagne ; both flourish in Spain under the caliphs. The Pope separiites from the Eastern empire and becomes su- preme bishop of the Western. New empire of the West founded by Charlemagne, who is crowned at Rome by the Pope, king of Italy, Germany and France. Sixth Period. from charlemagne to william the conqueror— 266 years. A. D. 801 Grodefrid king of Denmark. Egbert ascends the throne of England, but the total reduction of the Saxon Heptarchy is not effected till 26 years after. Charlemagne reforms the church. Gold mines worked in Spain. Paul Warefredus the historian. 802 Nicephorus I. great treasurer of the empire succeeds Irene. Charlemagne adds a second head to the eagle to denote that the empires of Rome and Germany are united in him. Charlemagne receives an embassy from Nicephorus and from Haroun al Raschid. Haroun al Raschid, courting his alliance, presents Charlemagne with a striking clock. This clock was adorned with automa- ton figures which moved and played on various musical instru- ments. Great increase of monastic institutions. 803 The Saracens ravage Asia Minor, capture Cyprus and compel Nicephorus to pay a tribute. The republic of Venice completely founded. 804 Alcuin of York, a pupil of Bede, forms schools at Tours ; patron- ized by Charlemagne. Transient revival of learning under Charlemagne. Eginhard historian, secretary to Charlemagne. 808 First descent of the Normans upon France. 809 Olans I. king of Denmark. 811 Stauracius son of Nicephorus, and Michael I. surnamed Rhan- gabe, the husband of Procopia sister of Stauracius, assume the purple. Hemming king of Denmark. 812 Siward and Ringen kings of Denmark ; afterwards killed in a sea fight. 813 Egbert king of Wessex, defeats the Britons. The reign of Mamun, caliph, is regarded as the Augustine age of Arabian literature. Leo V. the Armenian, though but an officer of the palace, ascends the throne of Constantinople. Insurrection at Rome against the Pope. 814 Charlemagne, Charles I. of France and Germany died, aged 72 years. Louis I. the Gentle, surnamed also the Debonnaire succeeds him. He separates Germany from France. Harold and Regner kings of Denmark. The latter afterwards made prisoner in Ireland and dies there in a dungeon. 816 The Eastern empire ravaged by earthquakes, famine, conflagra- tions, etc. A. D. 816 Learning encom-aged among the Saracens by Almamon, who made observations on the sun. Pope Stephen V. 817 Pope Paschal I. The College of Cardinals founded. 820 Invasion of the Normans. First dismemberment of the Arabian monarchy. The dynasty of the Taherites founded at Khorassan. 821 Michael II. the Thracian, surnamed the Stammerer, succeeds to the throne of the East after the murder of Leo. 822 Constantinople a third time ineffectually besieged by the Sara- cens. 82o The Saracens of Spain take possession of Crete and call it Candia. •82-1 Pope Eugenius II. Christianity in Denmai-k and Sweden. Ramiro I. king of Spain. He put 70,000 Saracens to the sword in one battle. 825 Regnard Lobrock king. 82G The Danish prince Harold is baptized at Ingelheim. He was dethroned by his subjects for being a Christian. 827 The seven kingdoms of the Heptarchy united by Egbert king of Wessex, under the name of England or the land of the Angles. Egbert king of England. Invasion of the Danes. 828 St. Mark's church at Venice built. Pope Gregory IV. Missionaries from France to Sweden. 829 Theophilus succeeds his fother Michael in the East. Turpin archbishop, to whom is attributed the famous " De Vita Caroli Magni et liolandi." 831 Paschasius Radbertus a monk of Corby, father of the doctrine of transubstantiation . This doctrine disowned by the English Church. 833 Lothaire a fourth son of Louis associated in the government. Motassim caliph. He builds Saumora, which he makes the seat of government. 838 Ethelwolf king of England, a weak prince. 839 Origin of the Russian monarchy. 8i0 Louis le Debonnaire died and his empire was divided among his sons. Lothaire the eldest received Italy and a part of Germany. Louis called the German took the rest of Germany. Charles II. the Bald was crowned king of France. The Normans plunder Rouen and advance to Paris. 842 Michael III. succeeds his father Theophilus in the East, with his mother Theodora. Theodora restores the worship of images. 843 After many sanguinary wars between the Caledonians, Picts and Scots, Kenneth. Mac Alpine obtains a decisive victory over the Picts. A. D. 843 He unites tbo whole country under one government and gives it the name of Scotland. The Danes return and ravage the country unmolested and burn the city of London. Ethelwolf makes a pilgriujage to Home. 844 Pope Scrgius III. Ignatius patriarch of Constantinople. Persecution of the Christians in Spain. Decline of the caliphate begins. Jews and Christians persecuted. Frequent wars between the Greeks and Saracens. 845 The Normans plunder Hamburg and penetrate into Germany. 846 The Saracens destroy the Venetian fleet and besiege Rome. An earthquake over the greater part of the known world. 847 Pope Leo IV. 849 Alfred the Great born. Saracens defeated by the Pope's allies. Siward II. king of Denmark, afterwards deposed. 850 Christianity propagated by Auscharius in Denmark and Sweden Cyrillus the apostle of the Bohemians and Moravians. 851 Sardinia and Corsica ravaged by the Saracens. Ethelwolf defeats the Danes in the Isle of Thanct. 853 The Normans get possession of some cities in France. 854 Ethelbald ; reigned about six years and died in 860. 855 Pope Benedict III. Germany. Louis II. He has Italy with the imperial dignity. Lothario retires U) a monastery and dies. New division of the enquire at 31ersen. 85G Denmark. ]^]ric, afterwards killed in battle. 858 Denmark. Eric II. Pope Nicholas I. First coronation of a Pope. France invaded by Louis the German, who is finally compelled to retire. 859 Eulogius archbishop of Cordova martyred. 860 Spain. Ordogno I. Britain. Ethelbert successor of Ethelbald his brother to the ti- tle of Bretwalda. The schism of the Greeks begins. 861 Schism between the Roman and Greek churches. 862 Rurick first grand Prince of Russia builds the city of Ladogas. Alphonsus III. surnamed the Great, afterwards deposed by his son. 863 Denmark. The more certain history of Denmark commences with the reign of Gornio the Old. who subdued Jutland and united all the small Danish states under his scepter till 920. 864 The Bible translated into Sclavonian. 866 Ethelred I. king of England succeeded his brother EthcJbert. 867 Pope Adrian 11. Eighth council at Constantinople A. D. 867 Photius patriarch of Constantinople deposed. The Danes extend tlieir ravages in England. Michael is murdered and succeeded by Basil I. the Macedonian 8'*8 Publication of the Basilica. Lorraine annexed to France. Egypt becomes independent of the caliphs of Bagdad, under Ah- med the Saracen governor. "870 IMaltn conquered by the Saracens. 8V1 Battle of Otranto; the Saracens are defeated. 8V2 Alfred the Great king of England. He defeats the Danes. Clocks brought to Constantinople from Venice. 873 Denmark. Canute I. king. 8'; 4 Iceland peopled by the Norwegians, by whom it was discovered three years before. 875 Charles II. the Bald emperor of Germany, afterwards poisoned. 8',- 7 France. Louis II. the Stammerer. The hereditary feudal system introduced into France. 878 Germany. Louis III. the Stammerer. Alfi'ed the Great, after many unsuccessful engagements with the Danes, gains a victory at Ethandune and establishes Guthrum in E. Anglia. 879 France. Carloman and Louis III. The latter died 882. Car- loman reigned alone. Charles III. of Germany was the first sovereign who added "in the year of our Lord " to his reign. 881 Pievival of the Gothic power in Spain. Sci-t Charles the Gross, a usurper of France. 885 Paris besieged by the Normans; gallantly defended by archbish- op Goslin. 8^6 Basil emperor of the East is succeeded by his son, Leo VI. the philosopher. In this century flourished IMcsue the Arabian physician, Raba- nus, Albumasar, Godeschalcus, Odo, John Scotus, Anastatius the librarian, Alfraganus, Albategni, Reginon and John Asser. Oxford University founded about this time by iVlfred. 887 Arnould emperor of Germany. 888 Eudes king of France. 890 Alfred the Great establishes a regular militia and navy, and the mode of trial by jury; institutes fairs and markets. Arnould takes Rome. Southern Italy subject to the Greek empire. 897 War with the Bulgarians, Lombards and Saracens. The latter take the island of Samos. 8'^8 France. Charles III. the Simple ; deposed and died in prison. 899 Germany. Louis IV. Invasion of the Hungarians. Contests between the nobles and bishops. 9':)0 England divided into counties, hundreds and tithings. 9'*1 Death of Alfred king of England after a reign of nearly 30 years 8 A. D. 901 Edward the Elder succeeds hin», the first who takes the title of Rex Anglorum. War with the Danes. 904 Russian expedition under Oleg against Constantinople. 908 The race of Fatimites in Egypt. 910 Kingdom of Leon founded by Garcia. 911 Alexander, brother of Leo, succeeds with his nephew Constantine VII. surnamcd Porphyrogenitus. 912 Germany. Conr.id I. duke of Franconia. The electoral character assumed about this time. Rollo or Robert first duke of Normandy. The patronage of the papal chair in the hands of harlots. The Normans in France embrace Christianity. 914 Spain. Ordogno II. king of Oviedo makes Leon his capital. Commencement of the heroic age in Spain. 915 Denmark. Frothon king. 917 Constantinople besieged by the Bulgarians. 919 Romanus I. suruamed Lecapcuus, general of the fleet, usurps the throne with his three sons, Christopher, Stephen and Constan- tine VIII. Germany. Henry I. the Fowler first of the Saxon line. IIo vanquishes the Huns, Danes, Vandals and Bohemians. 920 Denmark. Gormo II. king. 922 Robert I. king of France, a usurper, defeated and killed by his brother at Soissons. 923 France. Rodolph elected duke. Spain. Froila II. king of Leon. 924 Alphonsus IV. king of Spain. Abdicated. 925 Athelstan first sole monarch of England. Harold king of Denmark. 927 Prussia. Sifroi margrave of Brandenburg. *** Prussia. Geron margrave of Lusatia, which in succession of time passed into the families of Staden, Ascania, Bellenstadt, and that of Bavaria, till the emperor Sigismund with the comment of the states of the empire gave perpetual investiture to Fred- eric. See 1415. 928 Ilardicanute king of Denmark. 929 Azoljdii Arabian astronomer. 930 Gormo III. king of Denmark. 931 Spain. Ramiro II., afterwards killed in battle. Pope John XL Mere children elevated to the highest offices in the church. 934 Influence of the Turks in the Saracenic empire begins to be par- amount. 935 Denmark. Harold III. king. 936 Otho I. the Great emperor of Germany. France. Louis IV. d'Outremer; died by a fall from his horse The Saracen empire divided by usurpation into seven kingdoms. 937 Romanus gains a naval victory over the Russians, who led by Igor enter the Black sea with 10,000 ships or canoes. A. D. 939 Coidov;i in Spain becomes the seat of Arab learning, science, in- dustry and conmierce. Lutiprand the historian. 940 Mints established in Kent or Wessex. England. Edmund I. successor of Athelstan, called the Magnifi- cent. Norway. Harold Harfager, the first of the great sea-kings of the north, formed for himself an independent principality in the country about this time. Burgundy a fief of the empire of France. Christianity introduced into llussia by Swiatoslaf. 941 Arithmetic brought into Europe by the Saracens. Silver mines in the Ilartz mountains. Manufactories of linens and woolens in Flanders, which becomes the seat of western commerce. 942 The Eastern emperors take possession of Naples. 943 Malcolm I. gained the crown of Scotland. 945 The sons of Eomanus -conspire against their father, and the tu- mults thus occasioned produced the restoration of Porphyro- genitus. 946 England. Edred king. 950 Ordogno TIL king of Leon. Germany. Bohemia becomes tributary to Otho. 953 The Hungarians subdued. Scotland. Indulf king. 954 France. Lothaire I. confers the dukedoms of Burgundy and Aquitaine on Hugh the Great. It is said he was poisoned by his wife Emma. 955 Russia. Olga sovereign baptized, and conversion of Russia to Christianity. Spain. Ordogno IV. England. Edwy; insulted and deposed by Dunstan, who at the head of the clergy acquires great influence. His queen Elgiva put to death. Hungarians finally driven out of Germany. 956 Spain. Sancho king. 957 Otho defeats the Slavonians in Saxony. 958 War between the Normans and Saracens. 959 Ivomanus II., son of Constantiue VII. by Helena the daughter of Lecapenus, ascends the throne of the east. Edgar, king of England. He married Eli'rida the Fair after the trcachei-y and murder of Ethelwold one of his earls. Scotland. Duff' king. Wolves expelled from England and Wales in consequence of a reward being offiered for the purpose by the king. Violent disputes between the monks and clergy. St. Dunstan archbishop of Canterbury attempts to reform the church, enforcing clerical celibacy. 961 Nicephorus Fhocas, afterwards emperor of the East, recovers Caudia from the Saracens. A. D. 961 Geber Arabian astronomer. Suidas grammarian and lexicographer. Rhazes Arabian physician. 962 Otho I. extends his dominions and is crowned emperor by the Pope. Cities of imperial Italy begin to acquire independence. 963 Pope Leo VIII. elected by Roman citizens. Romanus, poisoned by his wife Theophano, is succeeded in the East by Nicephorus Phocas II. whom the empress, unable to reign alone under the title of protectress of her young children, had married. Scotland. Culen king. 964 Italy con^d with exactness, in June. Gold florin first struck. Europe infested with locusts. 1338 France. War with England. 1339 About this time flourished Leo Pilatus, a Greek professor at Florence, Boccaeio and Manuel Chrysoloras, Tyhere may be fixed the era of the revival of Greek literature in Italy. 1340 Gunpowder invented by Swartz, a monk of Cologne. Denmark. Waldemar III. 1341 Andronicus is succeeded by his son John Paleologus, in the ninth year of his age.. John Cantacuzene who had been left guardian of the young prince assumes the pm'ple. Petrarch crowned at Rome. 1342 Hungary. Louis I. the Great. Victories in Bulgaria, Servia and Dalmatia He carries his arms into Italy. 1343 The title " Dauphin " was given to the eldest sons of the kings of France from the province of Dauphine, which was ceded by its last prince Humbert II. to Philip of Valois on the condition that the heirs of the French throne should bear the arms and name of the province. (Priestley.) Silesia is made a province of Bohemia. 1344 The fii-st creation to titles by patents used by Edward III. 1345 Abulfeda the Syrian geographer dies aged 72. Firearms used in battle. The Genoese discover the Canary Islands. 1346 The battle of Crecy Aug. 26. French defeated by Edward and his son the Black Prince. Bohemia. King John slain at the battle of Crecy fought with the English. Oil painting first made use of by John Vaneck, Herald's college instituted in England. 1347 Seditions of E-ienzi at Rome and his elevation to the tribune- ship. Democracy under Rienzi. David of Scotland taken prisoner by queen Philippa. University of Prague. Calais taken by Edward III. after a year's siege Aug. 4, and held by England 210 years. Germany. Charles IV. of Luxemburg. The empire offered to Edward III. who declines. Gothland conquered by Denmark. 1348 1,500,000 Jews are massacred in Europe on suspicion of having poisoned the springs during a fatal distemper. 1349 The order of the Garter instituted in England by Edward III. Louis of Bavaria lost his life in a bear hunt near Munich. 1350 The canton of Zurich joins the Swiss League and becomes its head A. D. 1850 Barne, Glarls and Zug join the following; year. France. John II. ; died at length suddenly in the Savoy in London. Spain. Peter the Cruel ; finally deposed. Reiostated by Ed- ward the Black Prince of England ; afterwards beheaded by his subjects. 1 352 The Turks first enter Europe. Pope Innocent VI. 1354 The coronation of Inez de Castro of Portugal. (?) William Tell one of the champions of Swiss liberty dies. 1355 Cantacuzene abdicates the purple. 1356 The famous edict called the Colden Bull by Charles IV. France. The battle of Poictiers, Sept. 19 gained by Edwarxl the Black Prince, in which king John is defeated and taken prisoner. Charles the dauphin legent. 1357 Portugal. Peter the Severe. Coal first brought to London. 1358 Edward again invades France. Arms of England and France first quartered by Edward III. 1359 Turkey. Amurath I. son of Orcham ; at length assassinated. Hungary. Conquest of the principalities lying on the Danube. 1360 Gonsalvo Martin a Spaniard pretended to be the angel Michael 1361 He was burnt by the Inquisition of Spain at this time. The Turks penetrate into Thrace and take Adrianople. 1362 Law pleadings made in f^nglish, by favor of Edward III. instead of French, which had continued from the time of the Con- queror. The Black Prince aids Peter the Cruel of Castile to recover his throne. Pope Urban V. at Avignon ; beautifies the city of Rome ; pre- sents the right arm of Thomas Aquinas to Charles V. of France as an object of worship. Amurath I. institutes the Janizaries, a guard composed of Chris- tian slaves bred INIohammedans. 1364 France. Charles V. surnamed the Wise; the first prince who had the title of Daujhin. (See 1343.) He founds a college of medicine and astrology at Paris. Philip the Bold made Duke of Burgundy. 1365 University of Geneva founded. Collection of Peter's pence forbidden by the English govein- ment. Sweden. Albert of Mecklenburg reigns. 1367 Portugal. Ferdinand I. ; died 1383 ; an interregnum for 18 mon-ths. 1368 A .striking clock in Westminster. Spain. Henry II. the Gracious, poisoned by a monk. 1369 John Wickliife the English reformer begins to be publicly known by his disputes with the friars. 1370 Rise of Tamerlane to the throne of Sarmacand, and his exten- sive conquests till his death, after a reign of 35 years. A. D. 1 370 Hauseatic League at its height, consisting of 64 cities, with 44 in alliance. Poland. Louis of Hungary elected king. Lucca becomes an independent republic. A perfect clock made at Paris by Vick. 1371 Scotland. The Stuart family possess the throne. Robert IL being king. 1373 Treaty with Murad the Ottoman emperor. 1375 Denmark. Olaus III. Margaret I. queen of Denmark and Norway. 1377 Death of the Black Prince. Calais alone left to the English. The Popes return from Avignon to Rome Jan. 17. England. Richard II. was son of the Black Prince and suc- ceeded his grandfather Edward III. 1378 Germany. Wenceslaus king of Bohemia. " Schism of the West." Pope Urban VI. acknowledged in the empire and England. Clement VII. acknowledged in France, Spain and Scotland. Fruitless invasion of France into England. Hungary. Louis dies and the history of Hungary now pre- sents a frightful catalogue of crimes. Charles Duras is mur- dered ; Elizabeth Queen of Louis is drowned, and king (Hun- garian queens reign with the title of king,) Mary their daughter marries Sigismond, marquis of Brandejiburg and causes the rivers of Hungary to flow with blood. 1379 Spain. John I. ; he united Biscay to Castile. The war of Chiozza between Venice and Genoa. 1380 France. Charles VI. the beloved. The unhappy Hungarians call the Turks to their assistance. John Somer's calendar, written in Oxford. 1381 Wat Tyler's rebellion. Bills of exchange first used in England. 1382 Richard II. marries Anne of Bohemia, sister of the emperor Wenceslaus of Germany ; she died 1 395. Moscow taken by Tamerlane. 1383 Hungary. Mary. Cannon first used by the English in the defence of Calais. 1384 The first navigation act in England. Persia invaded by Tamerlane. Ispahan taken. Pyramids of human heads. 1386 Battle of Sempach ; the Austrians defeated. 1385 Portugal. John I., natural son to Peter the Severe. Windsor castle built. A company of linen weavers from the Netherlands established in London. 1388 The battle of Otterburn or Chevy Chase. Spain. The infant Don Henriquez, son of John the First of Castile, first had the title of Prince of Asturias, Bajazet I. sultan of the Turks. 1389 Sultan Bajazet vanquishes Sigismund in battle. A. D. 1390 Spain. Henry III. the Sickly. Scotland. Robert III. Persecution of the Wickliffites. Hungary. Sigismund recovers from his defeat by Bajazet and makes Wallachia and Moldavia tributary to hiui. 1391 Manuel succeeds his father John Paleologus in the East. Cards invented in France for the king's amusement. The English clergy forbidden to cross the sea for benefices. 1392 The Cape of Good Hope discovered by the Portuguese. Charles of France seized with madness. 13.9'4 Mary married Henry IV. of England, but died before he ob- tained the crown. The Jews banished from France by Charles VI. 1397 The three Scandinavian kingdoms, Denmark, Sweden and Nor- way under the scepter of Margaret by the union of Calmar. Turkey. Isa Belis ; killed at length by his brother. 1398 The Mogul Tartars, under the conduct of the celebrated Timour, or Tamerlane, invade Hindostan. 1399 Tamerlane takes the city of Delhi, defeats the Indian army, conquers Hindostan, and butchers 100,000 of its people. Westminster Abbey and Hall rebuilt and enlarged. Order of the Bath instituted at the coronation of Henry IV. Henry IV. son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and de- poser and successor of his cousin Richard LI. 1400 University of Dublin. Geoffrey Chaucer the father of English poetry died at this time aged 72. He is associated in the progress of the world with Wat Tyler's insurrection and Wickliffe's reformation. Germany. Rupert palatine of the Rhine. China. Wonderful canal called the Yu Ho completed about this time. Caddee or League of God's House. The celebrated league of independence in Switzerland formed by the Grisons to resist domestic tyranny, till 1419. John Huss the Bohemian reformer connncnces his ministry. The Medici supreme in Florence. John Froissart a chronicler and poet dies aged 67. 1401 Rebellion of Owen Glendower. 1402 John Gower dies aged about 80, one of the earliest English po- ets, and friend of Chaucer. Battle of Angora in which Bajazet I. king of the Turks is taken prisoner by Tamerlane, July 28. Bajazet was exposed in f. large iron cage which he had destined for his adversary, and dashed his head against the bars and killed himself. At this defeat the Persian empire fell under the dominion of Tamerlane. 1403 Joan of Navarre, widow of the duke of Bretagne, marries Hen- ry IV. She survived the king and died in 1437. Turke}'. Solymaii. 1405 The Canary Islands discovered. A. D. 1406 Spain. John II. king of Castile. Scotland. James I. (See 1424.) 1409 The council of Pisa deposes Gregory and Benedict and elects Alexander V.; neither will yield, so that there are three popes at once. 1410 Wickliffe's works burnt at Oxford. Joan of Arc born, called also the Pucelle and the Maid of Or- leans, a peasant girl of Domremi in Lorraine. She was sold to the English and after the formality of a trial was burnt alive as a witch in 1481. Guildhall, London, built. ^ Germany. Sigismund obtains the crown of Bohemia and is elected emperor of Germany. Turkey. Musa; strangled at length by his brother. France. Civil war between the parties of Orleans and Burgundy. 1411 University of St. Andrew, Scotland, founded. Sweden. Eric Xill. ; abdicated. Denmark. Eric IX.; abdicated. 1413 England. Henry V. son and successor of Henry IV., a, care- less roisterer. Turkey. Mahomet I. 1414 He claims the French crown. Revolt of the Swedes. Council of Constance deposes the rival Popes. 1415 Henry V. gains the battle of Agincourt. Ordinary revenue of Henry V. £56,960. Bohemia. John Huss, aged about 44, and Jerome of Prague, two of the first reformers, are burnt for heresy at Constance, which occasions an insurrection, when Sigismund who betrayed them is deposed, and the Imperialists are driven from the king- dom. Jerome is burnt 1416. Portugal. John I. surnamed the Great carries his arms int*i Africa. Prussia. Frederic IV. of Nuremburg obtains by purchase from Sigismund emperor of Germany the jNIargraviate of Branden- burg. He is the head of the present reigning family. 1416 Owen Glendower, a Welsh prince who opposed Henry IV. and attempted to dethrone him, dies aged 66 years. The best view of his insurrection is to be found in Shakspeare's dra- ma of Henry IV. 1417 Lord Cobham, Sir Jno. Oldcajitle, martyr, dies aged 57 years. 1420 The island of Madeira discovered by the Portuguese. Catharine, daughter of the king of France, married Henry V. May 30. She outlived Henry and was married to Owen Tudor grand- father of Henry VII. Paris taken by the English who held it fifteen years. 1421 Turkey. Amuriith II. Sultan. 1422 Henry V. died in Paris. Henry VI. son and successor of the foregoing waa not more than three-quarters of a year old when his father died. A. D. 1422 France. Death of Charles VI. Henry VI. proclaimed ai Paris king of France and England. Charles VII. the Victorious at Poictiei"s. 1425 John Paleologus II. succeeds his father Manuel. The Duke of Bedford defeats the French at Verneuil. 1 124 James I. of Scotland actually began to reign at this time, hav- ing been prisoner for 18 years. 1425 The court of sessions in Scotland instituted by James I. 1428 Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans compels the English to raise the siege of that town. WickliflFe's remains burnt and his ashes thrown into the Swift. Giovanni de Medici, one of the greatest merchant princes of Florence died at this time. Cosmo de Medici, his son carried on the work his father begun and attained to greater honors. He induced artists and scholars to take up their abode in Flor- ence. He had the title of Pater Patriae and lived till 1464. 1429 Joan of Arc raised the siege and entered Orleans v/ith supplies, April 29, and the English who were before the place from Oct. 12 preceding, abandoned the enterprise the following May. She captured several towns in possession of the Eng- lish, whom she defeated in a battle near Patay. June 10. She had Charles VII of France solemnly crowned at Rheinis. Pope Clement VIII. at Avignon, resigns and ends the " Schism of the West." 1431 Joan of Arc was taken at the siege of Compeigne, May 25, and to the great disgrace of the English, was burnt for a witch five days after at Rouen in the 22d (some say 29th) year of her age. 1432 The Portuguese discover the Azores. 1433 Lisbon made the seat of government. Portugal. Edward. 1434 Cosmo de Medici recalled from banishment and rise of that family at Florence. Poland. Uladislaus VI. ; killed in battle. 1435 Naples and Sicily united under Alphonso V. Death of the Duke of Bedford, followed by the loss of all the English possessions in France except Calais. 1436 End of the Hussite wars. The Hanseatic League declines. Holland falls to the crown of Philip the Good duke of Bur- gundy. 1437 Scotland. James II. Albert II., duke of Austria, marries the daughter of the late emperor and king, and receives the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary. Germany. Sigismund being driven from the throne, Albert II. duke of Austria succeeds. In his family the crown resides for three centuries. 1438 More than 50,000 persons died of famine and plague in Paris in 1438, when the hungry wolves entered the city, and com- mitted we are told great devastatiou. A. D. 1438 Portugal. Alphonsus V. king. 1439 The Pragmatic Sanction for settling the empire of G-ermany io the house of Austria. Reunion of the Greek and Latin churches. Demnark, Norway and Sweden reunited. Abdication of Eric IX. of Denmark. Denmark. Christopher III. 1 440 The great invention of printing is due to G-uttenberg who was assisted in improving it by Schoeffer and Faust. Bohemia. Succession of the Austrian house infringed by Ladislas, son of the king of Poland and George Podiebrad a protestant chief from this time to 1458. Prussia. Frederick II. Hungary. Ladislaus IV. ; killed in battle with the Turks. Germany. Frederic III. archduke of Austria. France. The Dauphin (Louis XL) rebels but is pardoned. 1441 Sweden. Christopher king, Eric XIII. having abdicated. John Van Eyck was born at Maaseyk in 1370 and lived 71 years. He is supposed to have invented oil painting in 1410. 1442 The beginning of the negro slave trade. Sicily again united to Naples, and the kings ever since called king of the Two Sicilies. 1444 The battle of Varna gained by the Turks over Ladislaus king of Hungary, Nov. 10. Hungary. Ladislaus V. poisoned while an infant. The earliest edition of th'C Bible was commenced this year by Guttenburg and finished in 1460. Cape Verde Islands discovered. 1445 Leonardo da Vinci, the master of the Florentine school of painting was born at the castle of Vinci in the lower vale of the Arno, and died in 1520. Margaret, daughter of the duke of Anjou, married Henry VI. of England April 22. She survived the king and died in 1482. 1446 The sea broke in at Dort, Holland, and over 100,000 people were overwhelmed and perished, 300 villages were overflowed and tlie tops of their towers and steeples were for ages after to be seen rising out of the water. The inundation arose in the breaking down of the dykes April 17. Vatican library founded. Peter Perugino, the master of Raphael is born at this time ; ho dies 1524. Canimir IV. of Poland assists the natives against the oppression of the Teutonic knights. 1448 Constantine XIII. one of the sons of Manuel ascends the throne of the East after his brother John. He was the last of the Greek emperors. Denmark. Accession of Christian I. of the house of Oldenburg, from whom the present royal family springs. Sweden. Charles VIII. Concordat of Aschaffenberg, by which the liberties of the Ger- man church are compromised. The house of Sforza lords of Milan ; Francesco being duke. Greek language first studied in Europe about this time. England. Insurrection of Jack Cade, calling himself Mortimer. Flourishing period of Flanders' trade. All European nations have warehouses at Bruges and Ghent. Turkey. Mahomet II. ; finally left the empire to his two sous. Expedition of Frederic of Germany to Rome. Austria made an hereditary duchy by Frederick. End of the French and Enghsh wars. England. " Civil Wars of the Roses " about this time, when the house of York began to aspire to the crown and by their ambitious views to deluge the whole kingdom in blood. Constantinople taken by the Turks, May 29, under Mahomet II. their first emperor. End of the Eastern or Byzantine empire. Ninth Period. from the end of the eastern empire to the revolution in england — 235 years. 1454 University of Glasgow founded. Spain. Henry IV. the Impotent. Italy. Struggle between Cosmo de Medici and the aristocracy. 1455 England. Battle of St. Albans between the houses of York and Lancaster. 1 456 Turks repulsed at Belgrade. 1457 Glass first manufactured in England. The refugee Greeks in Italy begin the restoration of learning there. Book of Psalms printed. (?) 1458 Sebastian Brandt poet of Strasburg flourished. Sweden. Christian I. king. Greece made subject to the Mohammedans. Hungary. Matthias I. Corvinus, son of Huniades late regent He makes his country formidable to her neighbors. 1 160 Engraving and etching on copper invented. Battle of Wakefield in which the duke of York is killed. An almanac in Lambeth palace written at this time. A Livy printed (?) The first Bible completed. (?) Scotland. James II. was killed by the bursting of one of th« badly made guns as he was besieging the English in Rox- burgh. He was succeeded by his son James III. 10 A. D. 1461 Edward IV. succeeded Henry VI. having waged against him a civil war for six years. This was the war of the Roses as the struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster was called. France. Louis XL detested for his atrocious cruelties. 1462 Mentz taken and plundered, and the art of printing in the general ruin is spread to other towns. Russia. Ivan the Great throws oflF the Mogul yoke, and takes the title of Czar. 1464 Stag3S, stage-coaches and posts used in France. Italy. Cosmo de Medici died and was succeeded by his grand- son Lorenzo de Medici, surnamed the Magnificent. Lady EHzabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Richard Woodeville and widow of Sir John Grey, married Edward IV. March 1. She was suspected of favoring the insurrection of Lambert Simnel and closed her life in confinement. 1466 Faust dies at Paris, whither he journeys twice to sell his Latin Bible. Epirus annexed to Ottoman empire. 1468 John Guttenburg died aged 68. He was the inventor of mova- ble types in printing and was a partner of the famous Faust at Mentz. (See 1440.) 1469 Warwick banished by Edward IV. 1470 Prussia. Albert I. J471 Thomas Wolsey, cardinal, celebrated statesman born. Died 1530. Thomas a Kemp is a monk of the beginning of the 16th cen- tury, who wrote works of devotion. He died about this time. William Caxton a mercer of London, set up the first press at Westminster. He printed " Willyam Caxton's Recuyel of the Historyes of Troy, by Raoul le Feure." Warwick, Richard Nevil, the " king-maker," was the most dis- tinguished actor in the wars of the Roses. He was slain at the battle of Barnet, Easter-day April 14, over whom Edward IV. gained a decisive victory. Richard III. married Anne, daughter of the earl of Warwick, and widow of Edward, prince of Wales whom Richard had murdered. The hapless king Henry VI. is murdered in the Tower, aged 50 years, during almost all of which he had been a titular king. Sixtus IV. Pope. Power of the Medici increases. Learning flourishes. Ladislas VI. king of Poland, elected king of Bohemia on the death of Podiebrad. 1472 First printed Almanac published at Buda. Russia. Ivan marries Sophia, niece of the Greek emperor. Armenia again made a Persian province under Uffan Oassaaes. 1473 Greek language first studied in France. A. D. 1473 Matthias of Hungary patronizes literature and the arts, Nicolas Copernicus the reviver of the ancient Pythagorean the- ory of the solar system is born at this time ; died 1543. 1474 The foundation of the present monarchy of Russia laid. Spain. Ferdinand V. the Catholic in whom by his marriage with Isabella, the kingdoms of Castile and Arragon are afterward united. Louis Ariosto, the celebrated Italian poet born. lie died 1533. Michael Angelo Buonarotti, the second in time of the great masters of the Florentine school of painters, eminent alike in painting, architecture and sculpture, was born in the terri- tory of Arezzo in Tuscany. He died in 1564. Khondemis or Mirkhond Persian historian to this time. 1475 War between Louis and Charles of Burgundy. 1476 Who is defeated at Granson and Morat. Prussia. John. Certain persons obtain license from Edward IV. to make gold and silver from mercury. 1477 Charles of Burgundy slain at Nancy. Artois and Burgundy united to the French crown. Watches are said to have been first invented at Nuremberg. Belgium passed under the dynasty of the empire of Austria. University of Aberdeen founded. Hungary. War with Frederic. Burgundy accrues to Austria by the marriage of Maximilian with the heiress of that province. 1478 Inquisition set up in Spain. Lorenzo the Magnificent escapes from the attempt of the Pazzi. 1479 Union of Castile and Arragon under Ferdinand II. and Isa- bella. 1480 Swiss soldiers first enter the pay of France under Louis XI. The Turks penetrate into Italy and take Otranto, which dif- fuses terror throughout Europe. 1481 End of the domination of the Tartars in Russia. The Helvetic confederation extended. Venice makes fresh acquisiti')n>~ among the Greek islands, and in Italy. Denmark. John partially acknowledged in Sweden. Portugal. John II. Turkey. Cortacus, grandson to Mahomet II. succeeded by his father Xemin, who was obliged to abdicate in favor of his brother Bajazet II. ; he was at length deposed by his son. 1483 Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, the third and last of the great triumvirate of Italian painters was born in the city of Urbino on Good Friday, March 28th, and died at Rome on Good Friday, April 7, 1520, when he had just completed his 37th year. He was son of Giovanni Sanzio. The Severn overflowed during ten days, and carried away men women and children in their beds and covered the tops of many mountains ; the waters settled upon the lands and were called The Great Waters for 100 years. A. D. 1483 England. Edward V. son of Edward IV. on whose death he was merely proclaimed king. His uncle Duke of Gloucester, his guardian, was believed to have murdered him with his brother in the Tower. Richard III. succeeds. France. Charles VIII. the Affable. Martin Luther, the great Grerman Reformer, was born at Eisle- ben. Died at the same village in 1546, aged 63. 1484 ^sop's Fables, printed by Caxton, is supposed to be the first book with its leaves numbered. Innocent VIII. Pope. 1485 Richard III. king of England and last of the Plantagenets defeated and killed at the battle of Bosworth, Aug. 22, by Henry (Tudor) VII. which puts an end to the civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, after a contest of thirty years. The crown of Richard was found in a haw- thorn bush on the plain where the battle was fought and Henry was so impatient to be crowned that he had the cere- mony performed on the spot with that very crown. In the civil contests between the '' Roses " many of the most ancient families in the kingdom were entirely extinguished, and no less than 100,000 human beings lost their lives. Henry establishes fifty yeomen of the guards, the first standing army. Vienna taken by Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.' 1486 Elizabeth of York, princess of England, daughter of Edward IV. She was married Jan. 18 to Henry VII. ; died Feb. 11, 1503. Bartholomew Diaz reaches the Cape of Good Hope. 1487 The court of S-tar Chamber was instituted for trials by a com- mittee of the privy council. 1488 Scotland. James IV. succeeds James III. who fell in a brawl with some of the barons. 1489 Maps and sea charts first brought to England by Bartholomew Columbus. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, one of the most distinguished agents in bringing about the English Reformation, born at this time; he was burned in 1555. 1490 Lord Thomas Cromwell, the celebrated " Mauler of Monasteries " in Henry the VIII. 's reign, born at this time. He was be- headed in 1540. Hungary. Ladislaus VI. Martini Behaim of Nuremburg publishes a map of the world. William Grocyn introduced the Greek language at Oxford, where he had the honor to teach Erasmus. 1491 France. Bretagne united to the crown by the king's marriage with Anne. 1492 San Salvador discovered by Columbus Oct. 12, Cuba Oct 27, Hispaniola Dec. 6. The floors hsQ Grenada their last possession in Spain. Poland. John Albert. A.D. 149*2 Naples conquered by Charles VIII. Piero de Medici succeeded his father Lorenzo in Florence. 500,000 Jews are banished from Spain and 150,000 from Pcr- tugal. 1493 Alexander VI. divides the newty discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Maximilian I. ; he mai-ricd the heiress of Burgundy. Perkin Warbeck pretends to be llichard duke ot* York ; defeated on Blackheath. 1 494 Hans Sachs the shoemaker poet flourished. Jamaica discovered by Columbus. 1495 The land peace established at the Diet of Worms. Portugal. Emanuel. 1496 Sebastian Cabot discovers Newfoundland and North America for Henry VII. of England. Spain by the marriage of Philip I. of Austria with the heiress of Arragon and Castile accrues to Austria. 1497 Sweden. John II. The Portuguese under Vasco de Grama first sail to the East In- dies by the Cape of Good Hope. South America discovered by Amerigo Vespucci. 1498 Hans Holbein Swiss painter born; died 1554. The return of the Medici. France. Louis XII. duke of Orleans surnamed tlie Father of his People. Poland. The Wallachians treacherously carry off 100,000 Poles and sell them to the Turks as slaves. 1499 Spaniards landed in Venezuela or Little Venice, Prussia. Joachim. The Moors expelled from Castile. I'erkin Warbeck executed. Maximilian admits the independence of the Swiss. 1500 Treaty with Ferdinand of Arragon for the conquest and parti- tion of Naples between France and Spain. Birth of Charles V. the Great of Germany. Cabral discovers the Brazils. Savonarola and Machiavelli flourish at Florence. The Turks conquer the Morea. 1502 Poland. Alexander prince of Livonia. Coast of North America explored by Cortereal a Portuguese. Schaffhausen joins the Swiss union. Fourth voyage of Columbus. Ismael Shah Soafi makes himself sole sovereign of Persia. University of Witteuburg. 1503 James of Scotland marries Margaret of England. Pope Pius III. Pope Julius II. Ottoman empire at peace with Venice. 1504 Spain. Philip I. of Au.stria and his queen Joan. The kingdom of Naples and Sicily united to the Spanish mon- archy. A. D. 1505 Shillings first coined in England. Almeida sails to the East Indies, reduces Ceylon, etc. War between Persia and the Ottoman empire. John Knox the great Scottish reformer born ; lived 67 years. Spain. Joan alone over both kingdoms. 1506 Columbus died at Valladolid. 1507 Poland. Sigismund I. The New World first called America after Amerigo Vespucci by Waldseemuller of Fribourg. Board of American trade at Seville. Cardinal Ximenes. 1508 The Spaniards colonize Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico. Negro slaves imported into Hispaniola. League of Cambray against the Venetians. Maximilian enters Italy to be crowned by the Pope ; joins the League of Cambray. 1509 Henry VIII. king of England joins the League of Cambray. Gardening introduced into England from the Netherlands whence vegetables were imported hitherto. Russia. Basil IV. carries his victorious army into the East till 1534. 1510 Albuquerque military commander of Portugal begins conquests in the East Indies. Settlement of Darien. Holy League to expel the French from Italy. The council of Tours to support the king of France against the Holy League. 1511 Cuba conquered by 300 Spaniards. Council of Pisa in Italy. 1512 Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon. Turkey. Selim I. raisad to the throne by the Janizaries ; he murders his father, brothers and their sons. Ferdinand conquers the greater part of the kingdom of Navarre. Maximilian divides the empire of Grermany into ten circles. 1513 Battle of Flodden in which James IV. was slain. James V. king of Scotland. The Helvetic confederation includes every canton of Switzerland. Pope Leo X. (de Medici) patron of literature and arts. The building of St. Peter's commenced. Pacific ocean discovered by Balboa. Denmark. Christian II. ; confined 27 years in a dungeon where he died. 1514 Cannon bullets of stone still in use. Mesopotamia and, I'Curdistan added to the Ottoman empire. Selim takes the islands of the archipelago from the Christians. The Persians defeated at Kalderoon. 1515 Francis I. king of France j invades Italy. Hungary. Louis II. Victory of Marignan. Genoa and Milan submit. Wolsey chancellor and cardinal. The celebrated tapestry after Raphael. Cartoons woven io the Netherlands. A. D. 1516 Concordat with the Pope instead of pragmatic saaction. The Swiss confederacy acknowledged by France. Spain. Charles I.; also emperor of Germany, resigned both crowns and retired to a monastery. Cairo taken by storm. Mameluke dominions annexed to the Ottoman empire. 1517 Reformation commences. Luther opposes indulgences. Erasmus, Melancthon and other Reformers. Cairo taken from the Mamelukes and Egypt reduced into a Turkish province by Selim I. Syria conquered by the Turks under Selim. The first edition of the whole Bible was, strictly speaking, the Gomplutensian Polyglot of Cardinal Ximenes. Europeans first arrive at Canton, China. Ibrahim Lodi, king of Delhi in India. First patent for importing negroes to America granted by Spain. Roger Ascham tutor of queen Elizabeth. Hans Sachs founder of German drama. Copernicus discovers the true system of the Universe. Cardinal Francis Ximenes, an eminent Spanish statesman died aged 60. Mexico discovered by Francisco Fernandez. 1518 Magellan in the service of Spain, first discovered the straita of that name in South America. Portuguese trade with China commences. Doctrines of Luther condemned by Leo X. Luther summoned before the Diet of Augsburg. Corsairs in Algiers. 1519 Mexico conquered by the Spanish under Cortez. Cardinal do Medici holds rule in Florence. The Reformation begins at Basle ; the bishop compelled to re- tire. Charles V. emperor of Germany. 1520 Henry VIII. for his writings against Luther receives the title of Defender of the Faith from the Pope. Luther burns the pope's bull. Magellan enters the Pacific by the strait of Ma- gellan. The emperor of France visits England. Meeting of Henry and Francis at the " Field of the Cloth of Gold." Solyman the Magnificent Turkish emperor. Sweden. Christian II., the " Nero of the North," massacres all the Swedish nobility to fix his despotism. 1521 Luther at the Diet of Worms. Gustavus Vasa with his Dale- carlians, begins the liberation of Sweden. Eastern Archi- pelago discovered. Cortez takes the city of Mexico August 13 of this year. John III. king of Portugal. First French war with Charles V. Belgrade taken by storm. William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, English statesman, lived 77 years. AD. 1521 The first ship that sailed round the earth and hence determined its being globular, was Magellan's, or Magelhoen's ; he was a native of Portugal, in the service of Spain, and by keeping a westerly course he returned to the same place he had set out from in 1519. The voyage was completed in three yeara and twenty-nine days ; but Magellan was killed on his home- wai-d passage at the Philippines in this year. 1522 Francis I. laid the foundation of what is now called the Old Louvre at Paris. Pope Adrian VI. Rhodes taken from the Turks by the Knighta of St. John, Dec 25. Reformation in Scotland. John Jewell bom, English prelate and author, lived 49 years. 1523 Clement VII. pope ; denounces Henry VIII. of England. Denmark. Frederic. Revolt under Gustavus Vasa. The Danes expelled. Union of Calmar dissolved. Frederic I. king of Denmark and Norway. 1524 The Chevalier Bayard killed in battle. Some of the states of Europe were alarmed by the" prediction that another general deluge would occur, and arks were every- where built to guard against the calamity ; but the season happened to be a very dry one. Verazzani, a Florentine in the service of France, explores the coast of America from N. C. to Nova Scotia. 1525 Prussia made an hereditary dukedom by A. de Brandenburg, Grand Master of the Teutonic order. Francis I. taken pris- oner at the battle of Pavia. General insurrection of the peasantry of Germany under Thomas Munzer. Conquest of India completed by the sultan Baber, founder of tlie Mogul empire. Albert duke of Prussia. 1526 The Ottoman Porte subjugates the Danubian principalities. Charles of Germany marries Isabella of Portugal. Turkish invasion of Hungary. Lutheranism established in Germany. Liberation of Francis I. Hungary. John Sepusius; deposed. 1527 Second French war with Charles V. The Medici expelled from Florence. Bohemia. The emperor Ferdinand I. marries Anne, sister of Louis the late king, and obtains the crown of Hungary. 1528 Albert Durer, celebrated German painter and engraver, dies aged 57 years. Andrew Doria makes Genoa independent. Sweden. Gustavus I. Vasa. The conquest of Peru. 1529 The name of Protestant given to those who protested against the Church of Rome at the diet of Spires in Germany. The re- ligious peace in Switzerland. A.. D 1529 Solyman II. of Turkey with 250,000 men is repulsed before Vieana. Treaty of Cambray. Great encourageuient giveu to arts and sciences. The Louvre commenced. Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellor. Rise of Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury. 1530 Confession of Augsburg. Knights of St. John established in Malta. , Medici restored to Italy. Charles V. crowned at Bologna. Jorgens invents the spinning wheel for spinning flax. Rabelais French humorist. Ulrich Zuinglius the celebrated Swiss reformer was killed in a battle against the Reformers, aged 42 years. His body waa burned by the victors. Peru invaded by Pizarro and Almagro. 1532 Union of Norway and Denmark. Calvin preaches. Third French war. Siege of Marseilles. Henry VIII. marries Anne Boleyn. Robert Dudley earl of Leicester born ; lived 56 years. 1533 Ariosto Italian poet dies aged 59. Elizabeth of England born. Conquest of Peru by Cortez. Botanic gardens at Padua. Hotel de Ville built in Paris. Henry VIII. makes himself head of the English Church. Reformation in England and Ireland. 153J Antonio Allegri, called Corregio from the place of his nativity, a small village in the duchy of Modena, was born in 1494 and lived till this time. lie was the father of the Lombardy school of painting. Russia. Ivan Basilowltz takes the title of czar, signifying groat king, and drives the Tartars out of his dominions till 1550. Hungary. John Sepusius again. Paul III. Pope. Cartier discovers the river St. Lawrence. Denmark. Christian III. 1535 Ignatius Loyola founds the order of the Jesuits. Prussia. Joachim II. Bishop Fisher and Sir Thomas More beheaded. Henry excommunicated by the Pope. Barbarossa seizes Tunis. The Anabaptists of Munster. The emperor Charles V. restores the Moorish king. 1536 Cortez discovers California. Acquisition of Milan. Desiderius Erasmus a native of Holland, one of the great scltol- ars of the time of the Relormation, died aged 69 years. Macao, China, is granted as a S3ttlement to the Portuguese Spread of the Reformation in Scotland. Protestants persecut(id. Ilenry VIII. marries Jane Seymour. Suppression of smaller monasteries in England. A. D. The English statesman Sir Francis Walsingham born ; 1536. lived 54 years. The Boulevards commenced at Paris. 1537. Cosmo de Medici duke of Tuscany. Papal bull declaring the American natives to be rational beings. 1538. Suppression of the larger monasteries in England. The diving bell invented. Truce of Nice for ten days. Attempt to recover power in Italy. Congress of Nice between the emperor of Grermauy, tlie Pope and the king of France. 1539. The first English edition of the Bible authorized. About this time cannon began to be used in ships. The " Six Bloody Articles " in England. Pins first used by Catharine Howard queen of England. Six hundred and forty-five religious houses supjDressed in England and Wales. Hungary. John II. 1540. Society of the Jesuits established Sept. 27. Variations of the compass discovered. Reformation at Geneva. In England no clock went accurately before that set iip at Hampton-court (maker's initials N. O.) Investiture of Milan conferred by Charles V. on Philip. 1541. Destruction of an armament led by Charles V. against Algiers. 1542. Mary Stuart born and made queen of Scotland. Henry III. assumes the title of king instead of lord of Ireland. A commercial treaty between Portugal and- Japan. Fourth French war. De Soto dies ; is buried in the Mississippi River, which he discovered the previous year. 1543. Silk stockings first worn by the French king. Copernicus dies. First standing army in Sweden. • Germany and England in alliance against France. 1544. Lutheranism in Sweden. Sweden. Grustavus Vasa makes the crown hereditary, and introduces the reformed religion. The Grison Leagues join the Swiss confederacy as allies. University of Konigsburg founded by Duke Albert of Prussia. Peace of Crespy. France gives up Italy. French fleet gain a victory over the English off the Isle of Wight. 1545. The general council of Trent begins. Mines of Potosi discovered in South America. Needles first made. Vasalius' work on anatomy. Sir Francis Drake English circumnavigator born ; lived 51 years. 1546. Luther dies. War of the Smalcaldists. 1547. First laAV in England, establishing the interest of money at 10 per cent. Revival of Stoicism by Justus Lipsius. The Turks invade Persia and capture Ispahan. A.. D. 1547 Duke Maurice elector of Saxony. Henry II. king of France. The famous Catharine de Medici queen. Edward VI. king of England. Somerset invades Scotland ; de- feats the Scots at Pinkie. The Caraccas S. A. formed into a kingdom under a captain -gen eral. 1548 Poland. Splendid reign of Sigismund. Formal establishment of Protestantism in England. Orange trees introduced into Europe. 1549 Lord-lieutenants of counties instituted in England. Telescopes invented. The Eoglish Liturgy completed and es- tablished by act of Parliament. Death of Cardinal Beaton. Cervantes born, author Don Quixote ; lived 69 years. 1550 Horse guards instituted in England. Julius III. Pope. Era of English Puritans. The art of stucco in which the Romans excelled, was revived by D'Udine, and is now exquisitely performed in Italy and France, and is rapidly advancing to perfection in England. The sect of Unitarians began at this time. 1552 Treaty of Passau secures religious liberty to the Protestants. Books of geography and astronomy destroyed in England, as being infected with magic. The book of common prayer established in England by act of Parliament. 1 553 The English go by sea to Archangel. Lucas Cranach, the elder, a painter of the German school was born at Cranach in 1472, and died at Wittenberg in 1558. His family name was Sunder, his second name he took from the place of his birth. Lady Jane Grey, daughter of the duke of Suffolk, and wife of Lord Guilford Dudley was proclaimed queen of England on the death of Edward VI. Ten days afterwards returned to private life, was tried Nov. 13 and beheaded Feb. 12, 1554, when but seventeen years of age, with her husband and hia father. Mary daughter of Henry VIII. ascended the throne July G, married Philip II. of Spain the following year. Elizabeth Croft, a girl of 18 years of age was secreted in a wall and with a whistle made for the purpose uttered many seditious speeches against the queen and prince and also against the mass and confession, for which she was sentenced to stand upon a scaffold at St. Paul's cross during sermon- time and make public confession of her imposture. She was called the Spirit of the Wall. While ServetuS; the founder of the Unitarian sect was proceed- ing to Naples through Geneva, Calvin induced the magis- trates to arrest him on a charge of blasphemy and heresy, A. D. and refusing to retract his opinions, lie M'as condemned to the flames whicli sentence was carried into execution Oct. 27- (?) . . 1554 Holland. William the Great succeeds his cousin Rene, to whom the United Provinces owe their foundation and glory ; killed at length by an assassin hired by Philip of Spain. The wearing of silk forbidden to the common people of Eng- land. Hans Holbein, an eminent German painter, celebrated for his portraits of royal persons and his '* Dance of Death," dies aged 56. 1555 Ridley bishop of London, and Latimer bishop of Worcester, were burned at Oxford, Oct. 16, and Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury March 21 the year following. 300 Protestante were burnt alive and great numbers perished in prison. Reign of the illustrious Acbar, the greatest prince of Hindos- tao. Spain. Philip II. The company of stationers of London is of great antiquity and existed long before printing was invented, yet it was not incorporated until the second year of Philip and Mary. The Russian Company established in England. Marcellus IV. Pope. Paul IV. Pope. 1556 Charles V. reigning over Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary Spain, the Netherlands and their dependencies abdicated and retires from the world to the monastery of St. Just, in Spain, leaving his German dominions to his brother Ferdinand, and Spain and the Netherlands to his son Philip II. He died in 1558. Sweden. Eric XIV. died in prison. The diet was transferred to Warsaw, the late metropolis of Poland from Cracow. 1 557 Portugal. Sebastian ; killed in Africa. 1558 England. Elizabeth daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn ascended the throne Nov. 17. Reigned 44 years, 4 months, and 7 days, and died unmarried. 1559 France. Francis II. married Mary Stuart afterwards queen of Scots ; died the year after his accession. Duke of Guise minister. Denmark and Norway. Frederic II. Decrease of the influence of the Hanse towns. Pius IV. (Medici) pope. Peace of Chateau Cambresis terminates the French wars in Italy. Tranquility fijr 66 years. 1560 France. Charles IX. Catherine de Medici his mother ob- tained the regency, which trust she abused. Minstrels con- tinued till this time. They owed their origin to the gleemen or harpers of the Saxons. Queen Elizabeth was presented with a pair of black knit silk D. stockings, by hev silk-woman, Mrs. Montague, and she never wore cloth ones any more. Tilts and tournaments were suppressed in France. Socinianism was propagated about this time, so called from ita founders Faustus and Laelius Socinus. Philip Melancthon, the celebrated coadjutor of Luther in effect- ing the Grerman Reformation, died aged 63 years. The reformation in Scotland completed by John Knox. Hungary. Maximilian ; afterwards emperor of Germany. Philip II. commences his bloody persecution of Protestants. Sweden. The titles of count and baron introduced by Eric XIV. Mary queen of Scots arrives in Scotland from France. The Escurial, the palace of the kings of Spain was begun by Philip II. Siege of Orleans, when the duke of Guise was killed. Seville was the capital of Spain until this time, when Philip II. established his court at Madrid. Captain, afterwards Sir John Hawkins was the first English- man after the discovery of America who made a traflfic of the human species. Knives first made in England. The council of Trent concluded. Tuileries one of the royal palaces of Paris commenced by Cath- arine de Medici, after the plans of Philibert de Lorme ; continued by Henry IV. and finished by Louis XIV. William Shakspeare, the great poet and dramatist was born at Stratford-on-Avon. to which place he returned from London, and lived till 1616. John Calvin, the Swiss Reformer, born in France, died in Gen- eva at this time aged 55 years. Galilei Galileo, one of the greatest experimental philosophers, was born at Pisa. He died in 1642 one of the noblest mar- tyrs of science. Germany. Maximilian II. emperor. 400 nobles petition against the Inquisition in the Netherlands. Mary Stuart marries Lord Darnley. Revolt of Protestants in Scotland. The memorable siege of Malta by the Turks who were obliged to abandon the enterprise after the loss of 30,000 men. Revolt of the Netherlands from Philip II. 39 Articles established in England. Turkey. Death of Solyman at Sigeth. Turkey. Selim II. Pius V. Pope. Mary's favorite Rizzio murdered. Darnley murdered ; the queen marries earl of Bothwell ; is de- throned and imprisoned at Lochleven Castle, Kinross, which is remarkable as the place of the unfortunate queen Mary's imprisonment and of her escape the following year. May 2. James VI. king of Scotland. AD. 1567 Duke Alra of Spain sent to subdue the Netherlands. 1568 Count of Egmont, a Flemish nobleman who served in the wars of Charles V. and Philip II. seized by the ferocious monster Alva, in company with his friend Count Horn and beheaded aged 40 years. Battle of Langside, between the forces of the regent of Scot- land, the earl of Murray and the army of Mary queen of Scots in which the latter sufl'ered a complete defeat on 3Iay 15. Immediately after this fatal battle, the unfortunate Mary fled to England and landed at Workington, in Cum- berland, on May 16, and was soon after imprisoned by Eliza- beth. The Huguenots defeated at St. Denis by the Catholics. The Duke of Alva's '' bloody tribunal" at Brussels. 1569 Bernardo Tasso. a great poet of Italy died aged 70 years. His chief poem was ou the adventures of '• Amadis of Gaul." Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland fail to set Mary at liberty. Cosmo de M'edici made grand-duke of Tuscany by Pius V. John III. king of Sweden. The earl of Murray, regent of Scotland assassinated by Hamil- ton. Huguenots routed at Jarnac ; Conde killed. 1570 Eialto a renowned bridge at Venice, mentioned by Shakspeare in his " Merchant of Venice," was built at this time. Henry of Beam takes the lead of the Huguenots. Civil wars of the Desmonds in Ireland. 1571 Battle of Lepanto. The great naval engagements between the combined fleets of Spain, Venice and Pius V., and the whofe maritime fc^rce of the Turks. Don John of Austria com- manded the Christian fleet and prostrated for a time the whole naval power of Turkey. The Tartars surprise Moscow, slay 30,000 of the inhabitants and burn the city. Prussia. John George elector. The invention of telescopes is noticed by Leonard Digges. The island of Cyprus taken by the Turks. 1572 Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 70,000 Huguenots or French Protestants, throughout the kingdom of France, were mur- dered under circumstances of the most horrid treachery and cruelty. It began at Paris in the night of the festival of St. Bartholomew. Aug. 24, by secret orders from Charles IX. kintj of France, at the instigation of the queen dowager, Catherine de Medici, his mother. Emphatically the " French Matins " imply the massacre of St. Bartholomew. Modern masks and muflFs, fans and false hair for women were devised by the harlots of Italy and brought to England from France. Pope Gregory XIII. arranged the present calendar. AD. 1572 The northern states of the Netherlands recognize William of Orange as Stadtholder. John Knox the great Scottish reformer, educated at Hadding- ton and St. Andrews for the priesthood, died aged 67 years. 1573 Hungary. Rodolphus. William Laud boru, English prelate, famed for his tyranny and superstition ; lived 72 years. Louis of Zuniga suceeds Alva in the Netherlands. 1574 France. Henry III. elected king of Poland; murdered Aug. 1, 1589 by Jacque Clement a Dominican friar. lu this prince was extinguished the House of Valois. The memorable siege of Leyden sustained against the armies of Spain, during which 6,000 of the inhabitants died of pesti- lence and famine. Turkey. Amurath III. ascends the throne; strangles his five brothers. Dreadful persecution of the Christians during this reign. 1575 The Illuminati heretics sprang up in Spain, where they were called Alumbrados. After their suppression in Spain they appeared in France. A university founded in commemoration of the siege of licyden, celebrated for its colleges, medicinal gardens and valuable li- brary. (See 1807.) Poland. Stephen forms a militia composed of Cossacks, a bar- barous race, on whom h-e bestows the Ukraine. 1 570 Pacification of Ghent, November 8. Greenland was visited by Frobisher. Germany. Rodolph tl. king of Bohemia and Hungary. The Catholic league in France against the Protestants. Tiziano Vecelli, better known by the name of Titian, the great- est of the Venetian school of painting, was born at Cadore, in Friuli in 1477. He died at this time aged 99 years. Jerome Cardan, Italian, celebrated for his eccentricities and fol- lies, starved himself to death to fulfil one of his own prophe- cies, aged 75 years. 1577 Sir Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth, Nov. 13, and sailed Vound the globe, returned to England after many perilous adventures, Nov. 3, 1580; the first l^nglish circumnavigator. 1578 Portugal. Henry the Cardinal. King Sebastian of Spain defeated by the Moors. Alexander Farnese succeeds Don Juan in the Netherlands. 1579 Seven provinces under William, prince of Orange, revolt owing to the tyranny of Philip II. forming the Seven United Priv- inces. They met at Utrecht where they signed a treaty for mutual defence Jan. 23, and formed the alliance known as the " Union of Utrecht." Commencement of the Republic of Holland. They elect Wil- 1-iam Prince of Orange Stadtholder. Louis Camoens, the most eminent poet of his country dies aged 62 years. A. D. 1580 Amazonia discovered by Francisco Orellana. Portugal. Anthony, prior of Crato, son of" P^manuel, deposed by Philip II. of Spain, who united Portugal to his other dominions till 1G40. Dr. James Usher the eminent Irish prelate is born. He was made archbishop of Armagh. He died in 1656 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He is most renowned for his Chronology of Scripture. Charles Emanuel duke of Savoy. 1581 Russia. The Novorogodians having intrigued with the Poles, Ivan (John IV.) orders the chief inhabitants to be hewn into small pieces before his eyes. The United Provinces declare themselves independent. 1582 The science of astronomy greatly advanced by Tycho Brahe. Pope Gregor}"^ XIII.»iutroduces the New Style in Italy, the 5th of Oct. being counted the 15th. 1583 Hugo Grotius or de Groot, a famous Dutch statesman, jurist and theologian, born at this time. He died in the service of Sweden in 1645, aged 62 years. Tobacco first brought from Virginia into England. 1584 Cape Breton discovered by the English. Holland. The Stadtholder William is assassinated. Succeeded by Henry Philip William. Russia. Theodore I. Virginia discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh. Miles Standish born ; a military leader of the Pilgrims in New England. He died in 1656. 1585 Davis Strait discovered by the English navigator John Davis, whose name it bears, on his voyage to find a northwest pas- sage. The Turks driven out of Persia by the famous Schah Abbas. Cardinal de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis is born, an emi- nent statesman and minister of France. He died in 1642 aged 57 years and left many of his schemes to be completed by his successor Cardinal Mazarin. John Cotton a learned divine of Boston is born. Dies 1652. First English colony in America planted at Roanoke. Cornelius Jansen bishop of Ypres, founder of the sect of Jan- senists is born. He dies in 1638. Sixtus V. rose from a shepherd boy to be Pope ; is active and energetic, corrects abuses in the church, and restores the Vat- ican library. 1586 Babington's Conspiracy in the cause of Mary against Elizabeth, for which he with thirteen others suffered death. Sir Philip Sidney, the hero and poot narrowly escaped the mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew, was subsequently made governor of Flushing, and fell in an engagement at Zutphen, where his small body of troops was victorious, aged 32 years. 1587 Mary queen of Scots whose death is an indelible stain upon the reign of Elizabeth, was beheaded in Fotheringay Castle, in A. D. which, she had been long pi-eviously confined Feb. 8, after an unjust and cruel captivity of almost nineteen years in Eng- land. The castle was ordered to be demolished by her sou James I. of England. 1587 John Winthrop governor of the colony of Massachusetts is born; died in 16-19. 1588 The famous Spanish armament, called the Invincible Armada, under the duke of Medina Sidonia, arrived in the J]nglish Chaimel July 19, and was defeated next day by Sir Francis Drake and Charles Howard. The Spanish loss was great, the English lost but one ship. A publication called the English Mercury came out under authority of queen J^lizabeth, describing the English Armada. Denmark. Christian IV. Manufacture of paper introduced into England. William Bradford second governor of Plymouth colony born ; died 1657. Henry of Guise creates a rebellion in Paris May 12. Paolo Cagliari, surnamed Paul Veronese, was born at Verona in 1530, and died at Venice at this time aged 58 years. He belonged to the Venetian school of painters. 1589 Henry IV. of France and Navarre justly styled the Great, son of Anthony de Bourbon, so called from a fief of that name which fell to him by marriage, came to the throne of France. Murdered 1610 by Ravillac. Levant company make a land expeditiuu to India. Anne princess of Denmark, daughter of Frederic II., was mar- ried to James I. of England Aug 20. She died 3Iarch, 1619. Coaches first introduced into England. 1590 Octavio Einucciui of Florence v^sz the inventor of operas. Em- ilio de Cavalero however disputed this honor with him. Ba«d of pensioners instituted in England. Henry IV. besieges Paris. Urban VII. Pope. Gregory XIV. Pope. 1591 William Hackett a fanatic personated our Saviour and was ex- ecuted for blasphemy. University of Dublin erected. John Fischart a poet of Mayence flourished, lunocent IX. Pope two months. 1592 Massacre of the Christians in Croatia by the Turks, when 65,- 000 were slain. Sweden. Sigismund I. king of Poland. Presbyterian church government established in Scotland. Michael de Montaigne the French essayist died, aged 59 years. Clement VIII. Pope. 1593 Sir Thomas Wentworth earl of Stafibrd born ; died 1641. Henry IV. becomes a Catholic. 1594 The dukedom of Prussia is joined to the electorate of Brandeu- burg and so continues till this day. 11 A. D. 1594 Edward "Winslow governor of Plymouth colony boru; died in 1643. Bank of England incorporated. John Hampden celebrated patriotic statesman born; died 1643 1595 Turkey. Bloody reign of Mahomet III. Torquato, son of Bernardo Tass0|the great Italian poet, died aged 51 years. His immortal poem is '' Jerusalem delivei^ed." Dutch factories established in Java. 1596 Rene Descartes the eminent French philosopher born ; died 1650. 1598 Spain. Philip III. son of Philip II. He drove the Moors from Grenada and the adjacent provinces. Elizabeth appointed Edmund Spenser poet-laureate. Joachim Frederick elector of Brandenburg. The race of Rurick which had governed Russia 700 years be- comes extinct. Bovise Godounove becomes emperor of Russia. (?) 1599 Edmund Spenser, one of the great English poets; studied at Cambridge. He died at this time aged 46 years. His great poem is '' The Faery Queen." Henry IV. allows liberty of conscience to the Calvinists by the edict of Nantes. Robert Blake a celebrated English admiral born; died 1657. 1600 Hydrostatics were revived by Galileo about this time, having been studied in the Alexandrian school about 300 B. C. The English East India Company established. Birth of Charles I. of England. 1601 Roger Williams born ; educated at Oxford, England, by the kindness of Sir Edward Coke. He founded Rhode Island ; died 1683. Earl of Essex beheaded. 1602 The Dutch East India Company founded. Charles Emanuel of Savoy attempts Geneva by surprise, scales the walls and penetrates the town ; but in the end is defeated. This circumstance gives rise to an annual festiva-1 commemora- tive of their escape from tyranny. Decimal arithmetic invented at Bruges. William Chillingworth, English theologian and author is born ; dies 1644. Cape Cod discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold. Agostino Caracci was born at Bologna in 1558, and died at this time aged 44 years. One of the Lombard school of painters. 1 603 30,578 persons perished of the plague in London alone, in this and the following year. It was also fatal in Ireland. Union of the English and Scotch crowns under James I. of England (James VI. of Scotland) son of Mary queen of Scots. 1604 The celebrated religious conference held at Hampton Court palace, in order to effect a general union between the prelates of the church of England and the dissenting ministers. This conference led to a new traalatiou of the Bible which W^8 A. D. executed in 1GG7-1611, and is that now in general use ia England and the United States. 1604 The Jesuits were expelled from England by proclamation of James 1. and from Venice two years later. Turkey. Aclimet ; succeeded by his brother. John Eliot, " the apostle to the Indians" born; died in 1690. 1605 The memorable conspiracy in England, known by the name of the Gunpowder Plot, for springing a mine under the house of parliament, and destroying the t-hrce estates of the realm, king, lords and commons was discovered Nov. 5. This diabolical scheme was projected by Kobert Catesby and many high persons were leagued in the enterprise. Guy Faux was detected in the vaults under the House of Lords, preparing the train for being fired the next day. Edmund AValler an English poet was boru. He died in 1687. Hugh Calverly, having murdered two of his children and stab- bed his wife in a fit of jealousy, being arraigned for his crime at York assizes, stood mute and was thereupon pressed to death in the castle, a large iron weight being placed upon his breast. Quebec founded by the French. Leo XL Pope. Russia. Theodore II. Demetrius II. ; assassinated. Paul V. Pope. 1606 Demetrius Griska Eutropeia, a friar, pretended to be the son of Basilowitz, czar of Muscovy, whom the usurper Boris had put to death, but he maintained that another child had been substituted in his place, he was supported by the arms of Poland ; his success astonished the Russians, who invited him to the throne and delivered into his hands Fedor the reigning czar and all his family, whom he cruelly put to death ; his imposition being discovered, he was assassinated in his palace. Russia. Chousky. Sweden. Charles IX. Great fire in Constantinople. Dr. Gilbert discovers the power of electricity and of conductora and non-conductors. Oaths of allegiance first administered in England. 1607 Virginia, sometimes called the Old Dominion, settled in April, at Jamestown on James river ; the first white settlement in the United States. 1608 Forks used in England. John Sigismund created elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia. Arminius propagates his opinions and dies the following year. Removal of the Pilgrims to Leyden. 1609 The Bermudas occupied by the English. After a struggle of 30 years the king of Spain is obliged to declare the Batavians free. Hungary. Matthias II. A. D. 1609 Plot of the Indians disclosed by Pochahontas. Annibale Caracci, by far the most distinguished of this family was born in 1560, and died at this time. Thermometer invented by Drebbel of Alcmaer. 1610 Arundelian marbles contain the chronology of ancient history from 1582 to 355 B. C., and are said to have been sculptured 264 B. C. They consist of 37 statues, 128 busts and 250 in- scriptions, and were found in the Isle of Paros in the reign of James I. about this date. They were purchased by lord Arundel and given to the university of Oxford 1627. The characters are Greek. RaAnllac assassinated Henry IV. of France, May 14. He wa.-; put to the most dreadful tortures on record. France. Louis XIII. the Just. Mary de Medici regent. Hudson's Bay discovered by Henry Hudson when in search ol" a northwest passage to the Pacific ocean. The satellites of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo. The Poles place Ladislaus son of their own king Sigismund up- on the throne of Russia. Philip III. banishes the Moors and their descendants to the number of 900,000 from Spain. Lucius Carey (Falkland) English viscount, politician and au- thor born; died 1643. The Virginia colony reduced from nearly 500 to 60. 1611 200.000 persons perished of a pestilence at Constantinople. Sweden. Gustavus Adolphus II. Baronets first created in England by James I. May 22. Moscow burnt by the Poles. 1612 Denmark. Danish East India Company established by Chris- tian IV. Germany. Matthias I. John Baptist Guarini Italian poet dies aged 75 years. 1613 Pochahontas married to Mr. John Eolfe. The Dutch erect some trading posts at the mouth of the Hud- son river. Russia. Michael Theodore Romanofi", of the House of Roman- ofi", ascends the throne. 1614 Logarithms invented by Sir John Napier an eminent Scotch- man. New York city founded by the Dutch. Last meeting of the States-general in France before the revolu- tion. North Virginia called New England by prince Charles. 24 natives of New England carried off" and sold by Hunt. Sir Hugh Myddleton brings the New River to London. 1615 Richard Baxter, one of the best known nonconformists of this century born. He lived till 1691. Wrote " Saints' Ever- lasting Rest." 1616 BaflQn's Bay discovered by William Baffin an Englishman. Settlement of Virginia by Walter Raleigh. A. D. 1616 John Owen an independent English theologian is born; died 1683. Inundation at Catalonia, where 50,000 persons perished. Finland ceded to Sweden. Conquest of Gustavus Adolphus since 1612. 1617 Turkey. Mustapha I. succeeded by his nephew Osman I.; af- terward strangled by the Janizaries and his uncle restored. Most of the inhabitants from Narraganset to Penobscot swept away by war and pestilence. 1618 Germany. War of the two parties, the Evangelic union under Frederick elector palatine, and the Catholic league under the duke of Bavaria. Holland. Maurice a consummate general. Hungary. Ferdinand II. emperor of Germany. The synod of Dort in Holland to which deputies are sent from all the reformed churches in Europe to settle the difiference between the doctrines of Luther, Calvin and Arminius, prin- cipally upon the points of justification and grace. Sir Walter Raleigh's unsuccessful expedition to Guiana. After his return he was beheaded to please the king of Spain ; aged 65 years. Beginning of the Thirty Years' War. 1619 England. Samuel Daniel poet-laureate. Jacatra, now Batavia, taken and fortified by the Dutch. Prussia. George William elector. Germany. Ferdinand II. king of Hungary. Harvey discovers or confirms the circulation of the blood. John Barneveldt Dutch statesman is beheaded aged 72. Ludovico Caracci an Italian painter died aged 64 years. True laws of the planetary motions discovered by Kepler. Ambassadors from Japan arrived at the court of Paul V. to do him homage as the head of the Christian religion, which their masters had embraced under the preaching of the Jesuit missionaries. 1620 Germany. Battle of Prague between the Imperialists and Bohemians. The latter, v/ho had chosen Frederic V. of the Palatine (son-in-law to James I. of England) for their king were totally defeated Nov. 7. The unfortunate king was forced to flee with his family into Holland, leaving all his baggage and money behind him. He was deprived of the hereditary dominions, and the Protestant interest ruined in Bohemia. English settlement of Madras. The broad silk woven from raw silk. The first negro e.laves in the English colonies of North Amer- ica were brought to Virginia in a Dutch vessel of war. First settlement of New England at Plymouth Dec. 21. Copper money first introduced into England. 1621 Spain. Philip IV. sou of Philip III. a reign of nearly contin- uous and unfortunate wars with the Dutch and French. A. D. 1621 League between Massasoit and the Pilgrims. Batavia in Java settled by the Dutch. Gregory XV. Pope. 1622 Turkey. Mustapha I.; at length deposed again, and succeeded by his grandson. Massacre of 347 Virginians by the natives March 27. Algernon Sidney, English martyr of liberty and author born : died 1683. Ernest Von Mansfeld defeats Count de Tilly German military commander, at Wiesloch in April. 1623 City of Albany, capital of the state of New York, founded by the Dutch and by them named Beaverwyck. Pope Urban VIII. Turkey. Amurath IV. ; succeeded by his brother. New Hampshire settled. The famous library of Palatine at Heidleberg sent to Home. 1624 George Fox born, the founder of the Society of Friends or Qua- kers. He was clad in a perennial suit of leather and wan- dered in solitude seeking some light to guide him, studying the Bible and himself Cromwell befriended him. He died in 1690. Richelieu changes the government in France. Massacre at Amboyna. Settlement at Cape Ann. New Jei-sey settled. 1625 Charles I., son of James I., king of England from March 27 to Jan. 30, 1649. He married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV. king of France, June 13. She survived the un- fortunate king and died in France Aug. 10, 1669. Buckingham prime minister. Armor ceased to reach below the knee in the early reign of Charles. Holland. Frederick Henry stadtholder. Hungary. Ferdinand III. emperor. The island of Barbadoes the first English settlement in the West Indies. Plague in London destroyed 35,417 persons. Death of John Fletcher the English dramatist aged 49 years. 1626 Robert Boyle one of a distinguished noble Irish family, natural philosopher; died in 1691 aged 65 years. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount of St. Albans, one of the brightest luminaries in the history of English Literature and Philosophy, youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal to queen Elizabeth, died aged 65 years. Ernest von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick die. Victory of Tilly over Christian IV. of Denmark at Lutter. 1627 Telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy. The Parian marbles brought to Engknd by the earl of ArindeJ (See 1610.) A. D. 1627 Death of Giles Fletcher an English poet aged 47. Swedes settle near the Delaware. 1628 The discovery of the circulation of the blood by Dr. Harvey, furnished an entirely new system of physiological and path- ological speculation. Massachusetts Bay Colony founded. John Endicott settles at Salem, Massachusetts. Charlestown founded. Duke of Buckingham assassinated. The validity of tlie Petition of Right acknowledged. 1629 Seven of the Cartoons of Raphael were purchased in Flanders by Rubens for Charles I. of England, for Hampton-coui-t palace. Denmark. Christian IV. chosen head of the Protestant League. St. Peter's church at Rome completed, having been commenced about the middle of the 15th century by Nicholas VI. Orig- inally erected by Constantino. First church in Massachusetts formed at Salem. First permanent settlement of the Dutch at Manhattan. Christian IV. recovers his lands by the peace of Lubec. The Edict of Restitution published by Ferdinand II. 1630 The Palace of Versailles, was in the reign of Louis XIII. only a small village in a forest thirty miles in circuit, and here this prince built a hunting-seat. It was finished 1708. Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury and Cambridge founded. Arrival of Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts, with about 1500 emigrants. John Flavel born, an eminent English non-conformist divine ; died 1691. Isaac Barrow born, an eminent English theologian and mathe- matician ; died 1677. John Kepler the eminent German astronomer died, aged 58 years. His works were numerous. Dr. John Tillotson, an English prelate bornj was of Puritan origin and himself a Pui-itan at first, but imbibed Episcopalian views. Died in 1694 aged 64 years. Pomerania surrendered to Gustavus Adolphus. 1631 Discoveries of Galileo in astronomy were made about this time. The first newspaper in France was the " Gazette de France," established by Renaudot, and continued with few interrup- tions till 1827; when it ceased and another paper assumed its name. The town of Torre del Greco, with 4,000 persons and a great part of the surrounding country w:is destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. First vessel built in Massachusetts called the " Blessing of the Bay," launched July 4. Diet of Leipsic Feb — . The sack of Magdeburgh by Tilly ; taken May 16. The imperial army defeated at Leipsic and Breitenfield Sept. 7 A. B. 1621 League between Massasoit and the Pilgrims. Batavia in Java settled by the Dutch. Gregory XV. Pope. 1622 Turkey. Mustapha I.; at length deposed again, and succeeded by his grandson. Massacre of 347 Virginians by the natives March 27. Algernon Sidney, English martyr of liberty and author born ; died 1683. Ernest Von Mansfeld defeats Count de Tilly German military commander, at Wiesloch in April. 1623 City of Albany, capital of the state of New York, founded by the Dutch and by them named Beaverwyck. Pope Urban VIII. Turkey. Amurath IV. ; succeeded by his brother. New Hampshire settled. The famous library of Palatine at Heidleberg sent to Home. 1624 George Fox born, the founder of the Society of Friends or Qua- kers. He was clad in a perennial suit of leather and wan- dered in solitude seeking some light to guide him, studying the Bible and himself. Cromwell befriended him. He died in 1690. Richelieu changes the government in France. Massacre at Amboyna. Settlement at Cape Ann. New Jei-sey settled. 1625 Charles I., son of James I., king of England from March 27 to Jan. 30, 1649. He married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV. king of France, June 13. She survived the un- fortunate king and died in France Aug. 10, 1669. Buckingham prime minister. Armor ceased to reach below the knee in the early reign of Charles. Holland. Frederick Henry stadtholder. Hungary. Ferdinand III. emperor. The island of Barbadoes the first English settlement in the West Indies. Plague in London destroyed 35,417 persons. Death of John Fletcher the English dramatist aged 49 years. 1626 Robert Boyle one of a distinguished noble Irish family, natural philosopher; died in 1691 aged 65 years. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount of St. Albans, one of the brightest luminaries in the history of English Literature and Philosophy, youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal to queen Elizabeth, died aged 65 years. Ernest von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick die. Victory of Tilly over Christian IV. of Denmark at Lutter. 1627 Telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy. The Parian marbles brought to England by the earl of Arindel (See 1610.) AD. 1627 Death of Giles Fletcher an English poet aged 47. Swedes settle near the Delaware. 1628 The discovery of the circulation of the blood by Dr. Harvey, furnished an entirely new system of physiological and path- ological speculation. Massachusetts Bay Colony founded. John Endicott settles at Salem, Massachusetts. Charlestown founded. Duke of Buckingham assassinated. The validity of the Petition of Right acknowledged. 1629 Seven of the Cartoons of Raphael were purchased in Flanders by Rubens for Charles I. of England, for Hampton-court palace. Denmark. Christian IV. chosen head of the Protestant League. St. Peter's church at Rome completed, having been commenced about the middle of the 15th century by Nicholas VI. Orig- inally erected by Constantine. First church in Massachusetts formed at Salem. First permanent settlement of the Dutch at Manhattan. Christian IV. recovers his lands by the peace of Lubec. The Edict of Restitution published by Ferdinand II. 1630 The Palace of Versailles, was in the reign of Louis XIII. only a small village in a forest thirty miles in circuit, and here this prince built a hunting-seat. It was finished 1708. Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury and Cambridge founded. Arrival of Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts, with about 1500 emigrants. John Flavel born, an eminent English non-conformist divine ; died 1691. Isaac Barrow born, an eminent English theologian and mathe- matician ; died 1677. John Kepler the eminent German astronomer died, aged 58 years. His works were numerous. Dr. John Tillotson, an English prelate born; was of Puritan origin and himself a Pm-itan at first, but imbibed Episcopalian views. Died in 1694 aged 64 years. Pomerania surrendered to Gustavus Adolphus. 1631 Discoveries of Galileo in astronomy were made about this time. The first newspaper in France was the " Gazette de France," established by Renaudot, and continued with few interrup- tions till 1827; when it ceased and another paper assumed its name. The town of Torre del Greco, with 4,000 persons and a great part of the surrounding country w;is destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. First vessel built in Massachusetts called the " Blessing of the Bay," launched July 4. Diet of Leipsic Feb — . The sack of Magdeburgh by Tilly; taken May 16. The imperial army defeated at Leipsic and Breitenfield Sept. 7 A. I). 1631 John Drydeu born, one of tlie great English poets. He was employed under Cromwell during his protectorate. He be- came poet-laureate, was deposed at the Revolution. Died in 1700 aged 69 years. Calico was first brought to England by the East India Com- pany. Grustavus Adolphus takes Mayence. John Smith, celebrated in Virginian History died, aged 52 years. 1632 Battle of Lutzengen, or Lutzen. Called also the battle ;>f Lippstadt. In this sanguinary and memorable battle Gus- tavus Adolphus king of Sweden, the most illustrious hero -'f his time and the chief support of the Protestant religion .n Germany, and in alliance with Charles I. of England, wis foully killed in the moment of victory. Sweden. Christina at length resigned her crown to Charles li. Defeat and death of Tilly at Nuremburg-on-the-Lech. Maryland was originally included in the patent of Virginia, granted under charter to Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore; named in honor of Henrietta 3Iaria. John Locke born, one of the greatest English philosophers a.nd men of letters. He studied at Westminster school and Ox- ford. He died at the house of his friend Sir Francis Ma- sham, at Gates in Essex, in 1704, aged 72 years. 1633 Connecticut first settled at Windsor by a colony from Mast^a- chusetts. Public Intelligencer published in England by Sir Roger L'Es •• trange, the first vehicle of general information. Van Diemen's Land. This country was discovered by Tasman. The art of preserving flowers in sand discovered. 1634 Albert of Wallenstein, the general of Ferdinand II. murdered Feb. 25. The peace of Prague between the German princes and the em- peror. Battle of Nordlingen. The Dutch take Curajoa. Captains Stone, Norton and eight others murdered by the I'e- quot Indians on Connecticut river. Maryland settled by 200 Catholics. 1635 Holland. The republic wars against Spain in the East and in America; the Dutch admiral Peter Hen takes several Span- ish galleons, value £20,000,000 sterling. Richelieu encourages the Swedes in their undertakings in Ger- many. France and Sweden allied against Spain and Austria. Ship-money being illegally imposed by Charles I. about this time led to the revolution. Lope de Vega the great Spanish dramatist died, aged 63 years, 1636 Saxony and Thuringia conquered by the Swedes. Providence settled by Roger Williams. A. 1). 1636 John Hampden resists the ship-money tax. 1637 Germany. Ferdinand III. king of Hungary. Benjamin Jonson a celebrated English dramatist and poet- laureate died, aged 64 years. Hare Ben Jonson stands pre-eminent among his fraternity of authoi*s. War with the Pequot Indians in Connecticut. First Synod at Newtown occasioned by Ann Hutchinson. Trouble in Scotland occasioned by Charles' plan to overthrow the Scotch Presbyterian church and enforce episcopacy. 1638 The first college established in the United States was Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass., by John Harvard. Solemn league and covenant in Scotland against the episcopal government of the church and the regal authority. 1 639 The transit of Venus over the sun's disk first observed by Hor- rox Nov. 24. First printing in America at Cambridge, Mass., when the Free- man's Oath and an almanac were printed. The Turks defeat the Persians and take the city of Bagdad. Increase Mather American clergyman and author born ; died in 1723. Benjamin Church an American military commander and author born ; died in 1718. Death of Bernhard of Weimar a German military commander. Philip Massiuger one of the early English dramatists died aged 54 years. Martin Opitz or Opitius the father of German poetry died aged 42 years. 1640 The Portuguese throw off the Spanish yoke and place John, duke of Braganza, on the throne. His posterity still possess the crown. Prussia. Frederick William the Great. Turkey. Ibrahim; at length strangled by the Janizaries and succeeded by his son. Charles I. Stuart, calls a parliament after eleven years' delay, Nov. 3. Peter Paul Rubens celebrated painter of the Flemisli school, born at Cologne 1577, died aged 63 years. 1641 The Irish Catholics entered into a conspiracy to expel the Eng- lish and cruelly massacre the Protestant sattlcrs in Ulster to the number of 40,000 persons ; commenced on St. Ignatius' day, Oct. 23. Star chamber abolished in the 16th year of the reign of Charles I. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, the Curtius of the royal cause was beheaded for high treason. New Hampshire united with Massachusetts. Sir Anthony Van Dyck celebrated painter born at Antwerp in 1599; died aged 42 years. 1642 Battle of Edgel.ill, between the royalists and the piirliameut A. D. ai-my. First engagement of importance in the great civil war with England. Charles I. was personally present in this battle Oct. 23. 1642 The Swedes defeat the Austrians at Leipsic. Sir Isaac Newton, England's greatest mathematician and natu- ral philosopher born. His highest honor was that of being president of the royal society; was knighted by queen Anne and died in 1727 aged 85 years, receiving at his funeral honors almost equal to those paid to royalty itself. 1643 France. Louis XIV. the Great, also styled Dieu Donne, ascends the throne. Confederacyformed under the name of the United Colonies of New England. Torricelli invents the barometer. 1644 China. The country is conquered by the Eastern Tartars, who establish the present reigning house. July 3. Battle of Marston Moor. This was the beginning of the misfortunes and disgrace of the unfortunate Charles I. of England. Prince Rupert joined by the Marquis of Newcas- tle determined to raise the siege of York. They were op- posed by Oliver Cromwell who now first came into notice Cromwell was victorious, pushed his opponents off the field, returned to a second engagement and second victory. The Prince's whole train of artillery was taken, and the royalists never afterward recovered the blow. Innocent X. Pope. Indian war in Virginia. Hugo Grotius the famous Dutch statesman, jurist and theologian was banished, and died in the service of Sweden, aged 62 years. 1645 June 14. Battle of Naseby, between Charles I. and the parlia- ment army, under Fairfax and Cromwell. The victory was with the parliamentary forces, and was decisive of the fate of the unfortunate Charles. Russia. Alexis. War between Venice and the Turks in Candia. Archbishop William Laud, an English prelate, was the type of the churchmen at this time. He was imprisoned by the Long Parliament, and after lying in the Tower three years was beheaded, aged 72 years. 1646 Charles I. delivered prisoner to the parliament. Act of Massachusetts Legislature for carrying the gospel to the Indians. Eliot preaches to the Indians. Second Synod of Massachusetts. 1647 Epidemic through America. Holland. William II. Hungary. Ferdinand IV. The tyranny of the Spaniards leads 1 3 an insurrection at Naples excited by Masaniello a fisherman who in fifteen days raises A. D. an army of 200,000 men. The insurrection subsides and Masaniello is murdered. 1 647 Attempt of the duke of Guise to possess the crown. Cronuvell marches upon London to give the Independents the superiority in parliament. 1648 The Protestant princes of Germany being oppressed by the House of Austria call in the aid of Sweden, and this leads to the treaty of Westphalia. Bohemia. The crown secured to the Austrian family by treaty. Denmark. Frederic III. Prussia. The principality of Ilalberstadt and the bishopric of Minden transferred to the house of Brandenburg. Rugen ceded to Sweden by Denmark. Charles I. escapes from prison in November. Poland. John Casimir king. Humphrey Prideaux learned divine of England born ; died 1742. Eighty-one Presbyterians expelled from the English Parliament in December, which received the name of '' the liump." Cromwell routs the Scotch under Hamilton. Cambridge platform adopted. The wars of Fronde ; continue five years. 1649 Commonwealth of England. The form of the government was changed to a republic on the execution of Charles I. Jan. 30. Society for propagating the gospel in N. E. formed in England. 1650 Air pump invented by Otho Guericke at Magdeburg. Holland. William 111. Morocco. Anciently Mauritania. The descendants of Moham med subdued the inhabitants and formed the empire of Mo- rocco. Quakers or Friends. Originally called Seekers, from their seek- ing the truth. Justice Bennet of Derby gave the society the name of Quakers at this time because Fox (the founder) ad- monished him and those present with him to tremble at the word of the Lord. Prince of Wales recalled from Holland and acknowledged as Charles II. by the Presbyterians. Battle of Dunbar. The English under Cromwell obtained a signal victory over the Scots Sept. 8. John Churchill duke of Marlborough born ; lived 72 years. Conversion of the Indians on Martha's Vineyard. North and South Carolina settled. • Railroads with wooden rails near Newcastle. 1651 Battle of Worcester. A large body of Scots having marched into England to reinstate Charles II. are signally defeated by Cromwell Sept. 3. The whole Scots army were either killed or taken prisoners. Of 8,000 prisoners most were sent to bond-service in the American colonies. Henry Ireton, unhappily for Ireland where he became lord- deputy, died. He married one of Cromwell's daughters, and was highly esteemed by him. A. D. 1651 Navigation Act passed in England. Fenelon, Francis de Salignac de la Motte, Archbishop of Cam- bray born. He was a preacher of great power and eloquence. His works are very numerous and interesting, but the rhetor- ician and mystic appear in every page. He died through an overturn of his carriage in 1717, aged 66 years. His most celebrated work is Telemachus. Sumptuary law in Massa- chusetts. 1652 Gorton and Roger Williams made a decree against slavery in Rhode Island. Voluntary submission of Maine to Massachusetts. Inigo Jones an eminent English architect died aged 80 years. Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope. The first war between the English and Dutch. Poor Robin's almanac. 1653 Cromwell declares war against Holland and many naval battles are fought ; Blake signally defeats Van Tromp. July 4. Praise-God-Barebones' Parliament met ; so called from one of the membei-s who had thus fantastically styled himself, according to the fashion of the times. The invention of the ^Eolian Harp is ascribed to Kircher, but it was known before. April. Long parliament dissolved by Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England. Milton private secretary to Cromwell. Dec. Cromwell dissolves by force his second parliament. Mazarin enters Paris in triumph. 1654 Sweden. Christina resigned her crown to Charles X. Gustavus duke of Deux Ponts. Peace of Westminster. Alliance of England with Holland. 1655 Cassini draws his meridian line in the church of St. Patronius, Bologna, after Dante. Turkey. Mahomet IV. ; deposed and succeeded by his brother in 1687. Eustace le Sueur of the French school of painters died, having been born in Paris in 1617. The English take Jamaica under Penn. Waldeuses persecuted by the Piedmontese. Law in MfussachiLsetts requiring that "all hands not necessarily employed on other occasions, as women, boys and girls, should spin according to their skill and ability." Alexander VII. Pope. 1656 Hungary. Leopold emperor of Germany. James Naylor personatc«J our Saviour; he was convicted of blasphemy, scourged and his tongue bored through with a hot iron on the pillory, by sentence of the House of Commons, under Cromwell's administration. The plague brought from Sardinia to Naples, being introduced by a transport with soldiers on board; raged with such vio- lence as to carry oif 400,000 of the inhabitants in six mouths A. D. 1656 Portugal. Alphonsus VI. Tunis was reduced by Admiral Blake on the bey's refusing to give up the British captives. The air-gun invented by Guter of Nuremburg. Ireland. Cromwell and Ireton reduce the whole island to obe- dience since 1649. Ann Hibbins of Boston executed for witchcraft. Persecution of the Quakers in Massachusetts. Battle of Warsaw in July. 1657 Poland obliged to acknowledge Prussia as an independent stat? under Frederic William. Charles X. of Sweden overruns Poland. Emperor Leopold takes up arms to secure the crown of Spain for his son. Robert Blake the celebrated English admiral died aged 58. 1658 Charles Gustavus of Sweden invades Denmark, besieges Copen- hagen and makes large conquests. Germany. Leopold I. king of Hungary. Cromwell dies, and is succeeded in the protectorship by his son Richard Sept. 3. Dunkirk surrendered to England. 1659 The Dardanelles were built by the emperor Mahomet IV. and were thus named from the contignious town of Dardanus. They are two castles, one called Sestos, seated in Romania, the other called Abydos, in Natolia, commanding the entrance of the strait of Gallipoli. Peace of the Pyrenees. Marriage of Louis XIV. to Maria Theresa of Spain. Richard Cromwell resigns the protectorship. Rump parliament restored, and dissolved by the army in April. Two Quakers, Robinson and Stephenson, executed in Boston. 1660 Restoration of the Stuarts in England. Charles II. May 29. Hyde, earl of Clarendon chancellor and prime minister. Insurrection of the fifth monarchy men against Charles 11. Denmark. The crown made hereditary and absolute. India. Reign of Aurungzebe; his dominions extending from 10 to 35 degrees in latitude and nearly as much in longitude, and his revenue amounting to £32,000,000 sterling. Prussia. Order of Concord instituted by Christian Ernest duke of Prussia, to distinguish the part he had taken in restoring peace to Europe. Arts and sciences begin to flourish in Sweden. Van Ryn Rembrandt a celebrated painter of the Dutch school, born near Lcyden in 1604, died aged 56 years. Navigation Act confirmed and extended. Casimi.- king of the Poles makes peace with Sweden Charles XI. of Sweden. Diego Valasquez de Silva born at Seville, Spain ; died aged 66 years. He belonged to the Spanish school of painting. AD. 1660 Anne Hyde, daughter of Edward Hyde earl of Clarendon, mar- ried James II. in Sept. She died before James ascended the throne. 1661 Julius Mazarin, Cardinal, died aged 59. He was an Italian by birth ; his first public appearance was in Lombardy. He af- terward became prime minister of France, and his name is inseparably connected with the first part of the reign of Louis XIV. Charles Rollin an eminent French historian born. His chief work, which is not yet superseded in popularity, is his an- cient history. He died at the age of 80 years. New parliament in England. Alliance with Portugal. 1 662 Charles II. is said to have first encouraged the appearance of women on the stage of England, but the queen of James I. had previously performed in a theatre at court. An earthquake thx-oughout China buries 300,000 persons at Pekin alone. The Hoyal Society established at Loudon July 15 by Charles II. Dunkirk sold by Charles II. for £500,000 to Louis XlV. of France. Matthew Henry born one of the most popular of English com mentators on the Scriptures; died 1714 aged 52 years. Catherine of Portugal, daughter of John IV. and sister of Alphonso VI. was married to Charles II. of England, May 21. Survived the king, returned to Portugal and died Dec. 21, 1705. Blaise Pascal, one of the most eminent of the literary men of France died aged 39 years. His " Provincial Letters " utterly routed the Jesuits. His last and greatest work, published by his friends after his death, was in defence of Chrif^tumity. 1 663 The first idea of a steam-engine was suggested by the marquis of Worcester in his " Century of Inventions " as " a way to drive up water by fire." Bombay taken by the English. Charter of Carolina, and a colony settled soon after. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, an allegory perfect in its way. The French Academy of Inscriptions instituted. 1664 The English wrest New York from the Dutch. New Jersey granted to Lord Berkely and George Carteret. Eliot's Indian Bible printed at Cambridge. French East India Company organized. 1665 Spain. Charles II. Persecution of Jansenists in France. Nicholas Poussin died aged 71 years. He was born at Ande- lay in Normandy, and may rightly be considered as the origi- nator of the French school of painters. Memorable plague in London which carried off 68,596 persons. It was thought the infection was not totally destroyed till the great conflagration of the following year. -Six towns of Christian Indians in Massachusetts. A. D. 1666 Great Fire in London, Sept. 2. Destroyed 89 churches inclu. ding St. Paul's, city gates, the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, Guildhall, Sion College, and many other public build- ings besides 13,200 houses laying waste 400 streets. This conflagration, not without strong suspicions of treason, con- tinued three days and nights, and was at last only extin- guished by the blowing up of houses. Tea first used in England. The Academy of Scieoces instituted in France. Chain-shot to destroy the rigging of an enemy's ships invented by the Dutch admiral DeWitt. The canal of Languedoc which joins the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean was commenced. H'yii'i The method of preparing phosphorus from bones discovered by Charles William Scheele, an eminent Swedish chemist. Clement IX. Pope. Dr. Jeremy Taylor, the great preacher of this century, a pre- late of the Irish church died, aged 55 years. His " Holy Living and Dying," is perhaps of all his writings the best known. The ceding of New York to England is confirmed by the peace of Breda, having been surrendered to the English under Richard Nichols in 1664. War with Spain. Louis XIV. of France claims Spanish Netherlands for his wife; invades Belgium. Dr. Jonathan Swift, the celebrated Irish satirist born. His im- mortal work is " Gulliver's Travels." He died in 1745, aged 78 years. Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon was banished from England. Died in exile in 1674, aged 65 years. 1668 Sir William Davenant poet-laureate died, aged 63 years. Portugal. Revolution at Lisbon ; king deposed. Peter II. suc- ceeds. Triple Alliance. The celebrated treaty of alliance wis ratified between the States-General and England against France, for the protection of the Spanish Netherlands. Sweden after- wards joined in the League, Jan. 28. Louis XIV. compelled to surrender the greater part of his con- quests in the Spanish Netherlands. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. 1669 Candia or Crete obtained from the Venetians by the Turks after a siege of 24 years, during which more than 200,000 people perished. Poland. Abdication of John Casimir. 1670 Bees first introduced into New England by the English. Cabal. In English history a council which consisted of five lords supposed to be pensioners of France, and distinguished by the appellation of Cabal, from the initials of their names. . Sir Thomas Clifibrd, the lord Ashley, the duke of Bucking- ham, lord Arlington and the duke of Lauderdale. A. D. 1670 Denmark. Christian V. Clement X. Pope. 1671 Conspiracy of Blood and his associates who seized the duke of Oi'uiond, wounded him and would have hanged him ; and who afterwards stole the crown. Blood died in disgrace in 1680. The Austrian government executes the leaders of the insurrec- tion in Hungary. 1672 White slaves were sold in England to be transported to Vir- ginia ; average price for five years' service £5, while a negro was worth £25. The memorable revolt of Messini. The Poles deliver up Cameniec with 48 towns and villages in the territory of Cameniec to Mahomet IV. the Turkish sul- tan. This is the last victory by which any advantage ac- crued to the Ottoman Turks or any province was annexed to the ancient bounds of their empire. Birth of Peter T. the Great; statesman and warrior. Louis XIV. carries his arms against Holland. His opponents John de Witt and his brother taken and assassinated by the mob. 1673 Mary Beatrice princess of Modena, daughter of Alphonso d'Este duke, married James II. Nov. 21. At the revolution in 1688 she retired with James II. to France, and died at St. Germains in 1718, having survived her consort 17 years. Test Act passed in England. Marquette and Joliet discover the Mississippi river. Salvator Eosa a celebrated painter of the Lombard school died aged 59 years. 1 67 i Pondicherry, formerly the capital of French India, first settled by the French. Spain and Germany join the war against France. John Milton one of the chief poets and greatest men of England dies aged 6Q years. His task in writing two " Defences of the People of England " totally destroyed his already im- paired vision. He afterwards fulfilled the prediction uttered in one of his former books by bringing out the great English epic " Pax-adise Lost." He carried his original thought one step further and wrote " Paradise Regained." " Samson Ag- onistes " was his last poem. In his domestic life Milton endured much trouble. Deserted for a while by his first wife he saw no relief but -in divorce. His daughters in his age and blindness treated him with notori- ous want of love. His universal fame now rests on his poems, which were hardly known and not at all appreciated during his day. Poland. John Sobieski. 1675 Greenwich Observatory. The English began to compute longi- tude from the meridian of this place. Souie make the date 1679. War with Philip king of the Wampanoogs in New England. AD. 1675 Indian war in Virginia. Samuel D. Clark an English theologian and philosopher born; he died in 1720. 1676 Motion of the sun round its own axis proved by lEulley. Russia. Theodore III. King Philip killed ; his tribe desti-oyed. Jamestown burned. Bacon's rebellion in Virginia. Innocent XL Pope. 1677 War between Russia and Turkey. 1678 The pretended conspiracy of the French, Spanish and English Jesuits to assassinate Charles II. repealed by the infamous Titus Oates, Dr. Tongue and others. The Habeas Corpus Act passed in England. Ruins of Palmyra in the deserts of Syria discovered by some English travelers from Aleppo. These ruins, chiefly of white marble, prove Palmyra to have been more extensive and splendid than Rome itself Statue of Charles I. erected. This was the first equestrian statue erected in Great Britain. 1679 Meal tub plot in England. Peace of Eontainebleau concluded between France and Denmark. New Hampshire made a royal province. Peace of Nimeguen. 1680 Charleston, S. C. first settled. Lord Stafford of England, convicted of high treason as a con- spirator in the Popish plot to assassinate Charles II., be- headed Dec. 29, making on the scaffold the most earnest prot- estations of his innocence. A great comet appeared and from its nearness to the earth alarmed the inhabitants. It continued from Nov. 3 to March 9 following. Foundation of the Prussian monarchy established between 1640 and 1680. 1681 Bomb-vessels invented in France. Penny-post first set up in London and its suburbs by a Mr. Murray, upliolstei=er. Calderon de la Barca, Don Pedro, the famed writer of dramatic poetry in Spain dies aged 80 years. Strasburg taken fro-m the Germans by Louis XIV. Pennsylvania granted to William Penn. Dr. Edward Young English poet born. Died 1765. 1682 Philadelphia founded by William Penn. Russia. Ivan V. Robert C. La Salle French navigator and author sails down the Mississippi. Claude Lorraine an Italian painter died aged 82. 1683 Rye House Plot. A conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. and his brother the duke of York afterwards James II., at a place called Rye House, on the way to London from New Market 12 A. D. 1683 This design was frustrated by the king's house at New Market accidentally taking fire, which hastened the royal party away - eight days before the plot was to take place, March 22. The patriot Algernon Sidney suflFered death on a flilse charge of being concerned in this conspiracy Dec. 7. James duke of Monuiouth a natural son of Charles II., was ban- ished from England for a conspiracy known as Monmouth's rebellion. A complete explanation of the theory of the tides by Sir Isaac Newton, who laid hold of this class of phenomena to prove universal gravitation, about this time. Vienna seized by Mahomet IV. j but relieved by John Sobieski of Poland. The code of king Christian of Denmark published. 1 684 Hungary. The duke of Lorraine loses 30,000 men in a fruit- less attempt to take Buda from the Turks. The first idea of a telegraph on the modern construction was suggested by Dr. Robert Hook, a celebrated English mathe- matician and philosopher. Peter Corneille an eminent French dramatic poet died aged 78 years. Jacob Ruysdael a celebrated Dutch landscape painter died aged 48 years. Robert Leightou an able Scotch prelate died aged 71. Peace concluded with France at Regensburg. George Frederic Handel the great musical composer of Ger- many born. After some years of blindness he died 1759 aged 75 years. 1685 Gates was tried for perjury and being found guilty he was fined, put in the pillory, publicly whipped from Newgate to Tyburn, and sentenced to imprisonment for life ; but was pardoned and a pension granted him in 1689. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Massacres and exiles of the Protestants. England. James II. king. Rebellion of the duke of Monmouth in England and Argyle in Scotland. Both defeated and executed. Bartholomeo Esteven Murillo a great painter of Spain died aged 67 years. He studied under Castillo and Velasquez, and carried on his art chiefly at Seville. His greatest works are altar pieces to various churches. 1 686 The duke of Lorraine carries Buda by storm and delivers up the Mohanmiedaus to the fury of the soldiers. An inundation at Yorkshire, when a rock opened and poured out water to the height of a church steeple. Air pump invented by Otho Guericke. The Newtonian philosophy first published in England. 1687 The roof of the Acropolis at xVthens which had stood 200O years, was destroyed in the Venetian siege. The Turks took possession of Athens, A.rj. 1687 Hungary. Joseph king. Turkey. Mahomet IV. deposed by Solyman III. Louis XIV. enlarged Versailles into a magnificent palace which was finished in 1708. E. Andres tries to take away the charter of Connecticut. Edmund Waller an English poet died aged 82 years. Henry More, one of the brilliant schola-rs and philosophers in the time of Charles II. died, aged 83 years. Tenth Period. FROM THE REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND TO THE AMERICAN REVO- LUTION— 88 YEARS. 1688 William Prince of Orange, having married Mary daughter of James II. is called to the British throne. A political party called Jacobites from Jacob BaradfBus, a Syi ian existed in England. They were the partisans of James II. and were so named after his expulsion in 1688. John Drydeu poet-laureate was deposed. Prussia. Frederick elector, who in 1701 was made king. The memorable revolution took place in England, styled by Vol- taire as the era of P]nglish liberty. James II. had rendered himself hateful to his subjects by his tyranny and oppression, and soon after the landing of the prince of Orange at Torbay, Nov. 5, the throne was abdicated by James who fled. New York and New Jersey added to the jurisdiction of New England. War with the Indians in New England, which continued sev- eral years. Alexander Pope a classic English poet born, who began writing at a very early age; died 1744 aged 56 years. IGSy Alexander VIII. Pope. Peter I. the Great became sole ruler of Russia. The Revolution in England was consummated by William III. and his queen Maiy daughter of James II., being proclaimed Feb. 13, and crowned April 2. Assiento, a contract between the king of Spain and other pow- ers, for furnishing the Spanish dominions iu America with negro slaves. It was vested in the South Sea Company 1713. French war in North America. The first war between France and England, which was carried on also by the American colonies. The memorable act to exclude Roman Catholics from ascending the throne of Great Britian was passed, and the crown of A. D. England was settled upon the present royal family by the act of June 12, 1701. 1689 Sir Edmund Andres deposed at Boston, Mass. Emanuel Swedenborg, an eminent philosopher and religious teacher born; he died 1772. He was a native of Sweden. 1 690 First factory at Calcutta. JBattle of Boyne gained by William III. over James in Ireland, July 1. The duke of Schomberg killed. English settlements of Schenectady, N. Y., Casco, Me., and Salmon Falls, N. H. destroyed by a party of French. Port Royal, N. S. reduced by Sir William Phipps. Expedition against Canada unsuccessful. 1691 The horrible Glencoe massacre of the unoffending and unsus- pecting inhabitants, the Macdonalds, merely for not surren- dering in time to king William's proclamation. About 38 men were brutally slain^ and women and children were turned out naked in a dark and freezing night and perished by cold and hunger. This black deed was perpetrated by the Earl of Argyle's regiment. Turkey. Achmet II. Innocent XII. Pope. 1692 Earthquake at Jamaica which totally destroyed Port Royal, whose houses were engulfed 40 fathoms deep, and 300 per- sons perished. Battle of La Hogue between the English and Dutch combined fleets under admirals Russel and Rooke, and the French flee* commanded by admiral Tourville. Thomas Shadwell poet-laureate died. 1693 The second college in the United States was William and Mary's in Virginia. An earthquake in Sicily which overturned 54 cities and towns and 300 villages. Of Catania and its 18,000 inhabitants, not a trace remained; more than 100,000 lives were lost. Syracuse was destroyed by an earthquake with many thousand of its inhabitants, Jan. — Bayonets first used. Bank of England originally projected by a merchant named Patterson. Bank of England established by king William. First public lottery drawn. 1694 First institution of stamp duties. Franpois Marie Arouet de Voltaire the great French writer born. Died in 1778 aged 84 years. 1695 The truth of the Pythagorean system was fully demonstrated by Sir Isaac Newton. Turkey. Mustapha II. eldest son of Mahomet IV. Bartholomew D' Herbelot, a learned oriental scholar of France died aged 70 years. Henry Purcell English musical composer died aged 37 years. A. D. 1G95 John de la Fontaine a famous French fable writer died aged 74 years. 1696 I'late with the exception of spoons was prohibited in England at public houses. Thirty Indian churches in New England. 1697 Kamtschatka was taken possession of by Russia. Peacv. of Ryswick concluded between England, France, Spain and Holland. Sweden. Charles XII. Poland. Death of Sobieski. Frederick Augustus chosen tc succeed him. Jean la Bruyere, a French moralist died aged 52 years. 1 698 Number of Indians in Massachusetts about 4,000. 1699 Denmark. Frederic IV. Germany. Peace of Carlowitz. Great number of Philadelphians died of yellow fever. Sir William Temple an eminent English statesman died aged 71 years. 1700 Clement XI. Pope. Rutgers College established at New Brunswick, N. J. Battle of Narva in which Peter the Great of Russia was totally defeated by the renowned Charles XII. of Sweden. Spain. Philip V. duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV. of France. The Dutch and Protestants of Germany introduce the New Style by omitting the last eleven days of Feb. Yale College in Connecticut founded. John Dryden, one of the great English poets died, aged 69 years. After the accession of James II. he adjured Protes- tantism, and avowed himself a Romanist, and " The Hind and the Panther " was written to justify and commend his conversion. James Thomson a classic Scotch poet is born j died iu 1748. His greatest poem is " The Seasons." 1701 Satellites of Saturn discovered by Cassini. Frederick III. in an assembly of the states, puts a crown upon his own and upon the head of his consort, and is proclaimed king of Prussia by the title of Frederick I. War of Succession in Spain. General Catinat defeated and Savoy and Piedmont made allies of Austria by prince Eugene. Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts incorporated. 1702 Holland. John William Frizo. Prussia. Guelders taken from the Dutch. Poland dismembered by Russia, Prussia and Austria. The king of Sweden changes the constitution of that kingdom. The English and Dutch destroy the French fleet at Vigo. Surrender of Warsaw to Charles XII. England. Anne successor to William III. She was daughter of James II. and married to Prince George of Denmark. A. D. 1703 Simon Frazer, Lord Lovat, forms a conspiracy against queen Anne. The Man of the Iron Mask died after a long imprisonment. Russia. Peter builds St. Petersburg. Turkey. Achmet III. Charles XII. deposes Augustus king of Poland. 1704 Gibraltar taken from the Spaniards by admiral Brooke. Arabian Nights' Entertainments was translated into French by G-alland. 1705 Germany. Joseph I. king of Hungary and Bohemia. 1706 Battle of Ramilies between the English under the duke of Marlborough and the allies on one side, and the French on the other. The English were victorious. Treaty of Union between England and Scotland. 1707 Kingdom of Naples completely conquered by prince Eugene. Portugal. John V. Prussia. Frederick I. seizes Neufchatel of Neunburgh, and Va- lengia and purchases the principalities of Tecklenburgh. The Scilly islands, ten in number, where occurred the memora- ble shipwreck of the British squadron under Sir Cloudesley Shovel. The first British parliament when Scottish representatives are admitted. 1708 Lisle taken by the English after three months' siege. Versailles finished. The usual residence of the king of France. Sardinia erected into a kingdom and given to the duke of Savoy. Battle of Oudenarde won by Marlborough and prince Eugene. Charles XII. made an expedition against Moscow. His army suffered greatly from the severe wint'^rs. Saybrook Platform. 1709 Sweden. Battle of Pultowa where Charles XII. is defeated by the czar of Russia. He escapes to Bender. Battle of Malplaquet. The bull '' Unigenitus," issued against the Jansenists. 1710 The present edifice of St. Paul's cathedral, London, rebuilt hy Sir Christopher Wren completed. Livonia, Courland, etc. conquered by Peter the Great. 1711 Germany. Charles VI. emperor of Hungary. Holland. Charles Henry Frizo. Discovery of the ruins of Herculaneum. Nicholas Boileau an eminent French poet dies aged 75 years. 1712 John Dominic Cassini a French astronomer dies aged 87 years. One hundred and thirty-seven people in the vicinity of Roan- oke murdered by the Tuscaroras. 1713 Prussia. Frederic William I. Sicily ceded to Victor Amadeus duke of Savoy by the treaty of Utrecht. Acadia now called Nova Scotia settled by the French 1604 and A. D. finally ceded to the English at this time. (See Longfellow's Evangeline.) 1713 Sweden. Charles XII., after three years' protection at Bender, is made prisoner by the Turks. 1714 Sophia Dorothea daughter of the duke of Zell, wife of George I. died a few weeks previous to his accession to the crown. Peace of Radstadt between France and the Germans. Philip V. invades Naples. England. House of Brunswick. George I. ; a descendant of James I. through the queen of Bohemia and Sophia, duchess of Brunswick. 17.5 Louis XV. the Well Beloved, but which surname he lost. Battle of SheriflPmuir between the royal army under the duke of Argyle, and the Scotch rebel forces who fiivored the Pre- tender (the chevalier de St. George son of James II.), now commanded by the earl of Mar. The battle was fought Nov. 13, the very day on which the rebel forces in the same cause were defeated. Turkey. The Morea retaken by the Turks. Dr. Thomas Burnet one of the most famous of the cosmogonists of modern times died aged 80 years. Nicholas Malebranche a French metaphysician died aged 77 years. Francis Girardon French sculptor and architect died aged 85 years. Stralsund surrendered to the Prussians. Tuscaroras driven out of North Carolina after three years' war. 1716 Denmark. Frederick IV. takes Holstein, Sleswick, Tonningen and Stralsund, reduces Weismar and drives the Swedes out of Norway. Nahum Tate poet-laureate of England died. Thomas King one of the earliest celebrated ventriloquists. 1717 The city of New Orleans fouuded by the French. Jame-s III. Stuart attempts to gain the throne of England. Insurrection in Thorn against the Jesuits. La'w's Mississippi Scheme; exploded 1720. 1718 Siege of Frederic's Hall, rendered memorable by the death of Charles XI [. of Sweden who was killed by a cannon shot be- fore its walls, and while in the trenches leaning against the parapet examining the works Dec. 11. Sweden. Ulrica Eleanora; resigned at length when her hus- band was elected. Lady Mary Wortley Montague introduced inoculation for the small-pox from Turkey, her own son having been inoculated with perfect success. Victor Amadeus duke of Savoy resigned Sicily to Charles VI. and got Sardinia in lieu of it. 1719 Execution of Baron de Gorz. Joseph Addison one of England's classical prose writers died aged 47 years. A. D. 1720 The Spaniards attacked Gibraltar and were repulsed with great loss. Sweden. Frederick landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. South Sea bubble in England; began April 7, was at its height at the end of June and quite sunk about Sept. 29. 1721 Innocent XIII. Pope. 1722 Czar, from Caesar a title of honor assumed by the sovereigns of of Russia. A hurricane reduced Port Royal the third time to a heap of ruins. 1 724 Poland. Massacre of the Protestants at Thorn. Spain. Lewis I. ; reigned but a few months. Spain. Philip V. again. Benedict XIII. Pope. 1725 The system of botany under Linnaeus a Swede was commenced. Russia. Catherine I. 1726 Palermo nearly destroyed by an earthquake and 6,000 persons perished. 1727 The Spanish again attack Gibraltar with a force of 20,000 men and lose 5,000, while the loss of the English is only 300. Russia. Peter II. Russia formerly a dukedom is now established as an Empire. The aberration of the stars discovered by Dr. Bradley. George II. only son of George I. king of England. 1728 Behring's Strait explored by a Danish navigator in the service of Russia whose name it bears. Copenhagen destroyed by a fire which consumes 1650 houses, 5 churches, the university and 4 colleges. 1729 The Methodists may be said to have appeared formally if not originally at Oxford. North and South Carolina made separate governments. Massacre of French at Fort Rosalie (Natches.) Baltimore founded. Sir Richard Steele Irish essayist and dramatist died, aged 58 years. 1 730 Corsica was dependent upon the republic of Genoa until this time. Denmark. The peaceful reign of Christian VI. who promotes the happiness of his subjects. Russia. Peter II. deposed and the crown given to Anne of Courland. Sardinia. Victor Amadeus having the title of king, abdicates in favor of his son. Turkey. Mahomet V. ; succeeded at length by his brother. The large body of Christians called Wesleyan Methodists, was founded by an excellent and pious man John Wesley. " Augustan Age" of English literature. Italy. Clement XII. Pope. 1732 Kouli Khan usurps the Persian throne and conquers the Mogul empire. A. D. 1732 Victor Aniadeus attempting to recover Sardinia, is taken and dies in prison. Franklin's " Poor Richard's Almanac," Pliiladelphia, was the first of any note in the United States. George Washington born Feb. 22 at Pope's Creek, Va. 1733 Corsica was sold to France. Georgia, one of the United States was granted by George IT. to Gen. Oglethorpe, who with forty followers founded Savan- nah Feb. 1. Polish war of succession. 1734 Sicily. Both kingdoms are recovered by the crown of Spain, under Charles, son of the king of Spain. Battle of Parma; the confederates, England, France ami Spain against the emperor of Austria ; both armies claimed the vic- tory. Moravian missionary society. Francis II. marries into the House of Brunswick. 1735 Naples. Charles the son of Philip of Spain reigns. Stereotyping is said to have been suggested by William Ged of Edinburgh. Ravages of the throat distemper in New Hampshire and Mas- sachusetts. 1736 Corsica was erected into a kingdom under Theodore its first and only king. 1737 Wilhelmina Caroline Dorothea of Brandenburgh-Anspach, who became the wife of George II. 1704, dies Nov. 20. Tuscany having been created into a dukedom in 1530 came into the Austrian family. Herculaneum was discovered. 1738 Kouli Khan orders a general massacre and 150,000 people per- ish. Nassau Hall College at Princeton, N. J. Westminster bridge begun ; finished in 1750. 17'39 Inflammable aeriform fluid evolved from coal by Dr. Clayton. Charles VI. concludes the peace of Belgrade. 1740 Hungary. Maria Theresa. Prussia. Frederic II. surnamed the Great. Russia. John or Ivan VI. Italy. Benedict XIV. Pope. 1741 Russia. Elizabeth. Prussia. Breslau ceded to Prussia. Royal academy founded in Sweden by Linne afterwards called Linnaeus. New Hampshire became a separate state. 1742 Bohemia. Silesia and Glatz ceded to Prussia. Germany. Charles VII. His capital Munich taken by the enemy. 1743 French defeated at the battle of Dettingen. 1744 Prague taken by the Prussians. 1745 Germany. Francis I. duke of Lorraine marries th«i heiress of A. D. Austria, tlie celebrated Maria Theresa queen of Hungary, and is elected emperor 1745 Spain. Ferdinand VI. surnamed tlie Wise; he distinguished his reign by acts of liberality and beneficence. Louisburg surrendered to the N. E. troops aided by an English squadron. The allies lost the battle of Fontenoy April 30. The rebellion breaks out in Scotland in July. The battle of Preston Pans Sept. 21. 1746 Battle of CuUoden, in which the English under William, duke of Cumberland defeat the Scottish rebels headed by the young Pretender, the last of the Stuarts. Denmark. Frederick V. Lima destroyed by an earthquake, whose concussions continued with short intervals for four months. 1747 Holland. The office of Stadtholder is made hereditary in the Orange family. Holland. William IV. Persia. Ahmed Abdalla founded the kingdom of Candahar. 1748 Italy. Milan vested in the house of Austria by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Dr. Isaac Watts an English divine, poet and miscellaneous writer died aged 74 years. 1749 India. Defeat of the last imperial army by the Rohillas. The HadcliflFe library Oxford was founded under the will of Dr. John RadclilFe the most eminent physician of his time. 1750 The part of Pompeii first cleared was supposed to be the main street. Portugal. Joseph. ^Esthetics, the science of the beautiful, particularly in art. The term invented by Baumgarten, a Geva.an philosopher, whose work " ^sthetica " was published at i his time. 1751 Holland. William V. New Style ordered to be adopted in England ; and the next year 11 days were left out of the calendar to make it agree with the Gregorian Calendar. Sweden. Adolphus Frederic, duke of Holstein. Alliance between Maria Theresa and the French king against the king of Prussia. 1753 Corsica. The celebrated Paschal Paoli was chosen for their general by the Corsicans. Benjamin West was the first native American artist, born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1708 j painted his first por- trait in Lancaster at thi'S time. British Museum begun at Montagu-house. 1754 Gilbert Charles Stuart painter born in Ehode Island. The Quakers abolish slavery among themselves. Turkey. Osman II. Great eruption of ^tna. 1755 Great earthquake which destroyed Lisbon. A.D. 1755 Expulsion of French settlers from Acadia. (See Longfellow's Evangeline.) Defeat of Gen. Braddock. 1756 Calcutta taken by Surrjah Dowla. The dreadful aifair of the Black-hole, in which he imprisoned 146 British subjects, of whom 123 perished in one night. Theodore king of Corsica having been released from King's Bench died at his lodgings in Chapel St., Soho. John Trumbull painter born in Connecticut. Sweden. Conspiracies of counts Brahe and Home who are beheaded. War declared between Great Britain and France. Frederick of Prussia falls suddenly on Saxony. 1757 Calcutta retaken by Col. Clive. The memorable battle of Prague between the Imperialists and Bohemians May 6. Colley Cibber poet-laurate of England died. Turkey. Mustapha III. Syracuse again destroyed Aug. 6. Daraien attempts to assassinate the French king. Battle of Ilossbach. Augustine Calmet died aged 85 years a learned theolgian of the Benedictine order. His " Dictionary of the Bible " is most widely known of his works. 1758 Poi'tugal. Joseph I. is attacked by assassins and narrowly escapes death. Montcalm repulses Abercrombie at Ticonderoga. English take Louisburg and Fort Du Quesne. Clement XIII. Pope. 1759 Naples. Ileign of Ferdinand IV. Quebec conquered by the English after a battle memorable for the death of Gen. Wolfe, Sept. 13. Spain. Charles III. king of the two Sicilies. The throne of Spain becoming vacant, Charles who is the heir vacates the throne of the two Sicilies in favor of his brother Ferdinand, agreeably to treaty. Battle of Minden wherein Ferdinand defeats the French. 1760 All Canada surrenders to the English. England. George III. ; grandson to his predecessor. The sect of Swedenborgians rose about this time. Blackfriars bridge begun. 1761 Charlotte Sophia, daughter of the duke of Mecklenburgh- Strelitz marries George III. Sept. 8. Died Nov 17, 1818. 1762 Kussia. Peter III. dethroned and murdered; succeeded by Catherine II. his wife. Portugal. The Spanish and French invade Portugal which is saved by the valor of the English in this and the following year. Severest drought ever known in America. No rain from May to September. 1763 The Koran translated into English and other European lan- guages. A.D. 1763 Russia The young prince the rightful heir, till now immurtd, put to death. Peace between Britain, France and Spain. Death of Augustus III. of Poland. 1764 The Jesuits were put down in France by an edict of the king and their revenues confiscated. Charter of R. I. college, now Brown University. The parliament of England grants £10,000 to Mr. Harrison for his discovery of longitude by his time-piece. Pontiac's war with the Indians. 1765 Genuany. Joseph II. The Pretender died at Rome Dec. 30. The sovereignty of the Isle of Man annexed to the crown of Great Britain. Stamp Act passed at New York. Repealed the following year. 1766 Denmark. Christian VII. 1767 Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain April 2. Expulsion of the Jesuits from Mexico June 25. An act passed by the English government taxing tea, glass, pa- per, &c., in the American colonies June 29. Expulsion of the Jesuits from Naples Nov. 3. 1768 Petition of the Massachusetts Assembly to the king of England against the late tax on trade in the American colonies Jan. 20. The Confederation of Bar formed by the Roman Catholics of Poland with the object of resisting the influence of foreign states March. — Corsica united to France Aug. 5. An English force lands in Boston Oct. 1. 1769 Battle of Choczim, Russia. Turks severely defeated. Frederic II. of Prussia and the emperor of Austria conclude a convention of neutrality at Neisse Aug. 25. 1770 Lord North Prime Minister of England Feb. 6. A fatal aifray takes place between the English soldiers and the people of Boston March 5. Capt. Cook sails along the south-east coast of Australia, lands at a spot which he calls Botany Bay and takes possession of the country by the name of New South Wales April 28. Geo. Whitefield founder of the Calvinistic Methodists died Sept. 30 aged 56 years. Marriage of the dauphin of France with Marie Antoinette May 30. Ann Lee imprisoned for her religious belief Born in Man- chester, Eng. Feb. 29, 1736. In 1758 " led by vision and in- spiration " she joined the society of James and Jane Wadley, followers of the French prophets and who had been associated both with the Friends and Methodists. She became the founder of the Shakers who claim a real advent of Christ on the earth at this date. Died at Watervliet. N.Y. 1771 Sweden. Gustavus III. Adolphus. Falkland Islands ceded to England by Spain Jan. 22 AD. 1771 The French Parliament abolished and six Superior Courts es- tablished in its place Feb. 22. The right to report parliamentary debates in England estab- lished May 8. Battle of Almansee in which the North Carolinians are defeated by Gov. Tryon May 16. Death of Thomas Gray English poet July 3. 1772 Caroline Matilda, queen of Christian VII. of Detimark, arrested on a charge of incontinence and afterwards banished the kingdom Jan. 16. Warren Hastings appointed governor of Bengal April 13. A treaty for the partition of Poland signed at St. Petersburg by Austria, Prussia and Russia Aug. 5. Revolt of oppressed natives and negro slaves in Brazil. lVi('3 Calcutta made the residence of the Governor-General of India July 1. Expulsion of the Jesuits from Rome Aug. 16. The inhabitants of Boston throw 342 chests of the taxed tea in to the sea Dec. 16. 1774 Oliver Goldsmith Irish poet, historian and essayist died April 3 aged 46 years. Death of Louis XV. of France, and accession of his grandson Louis XVI. May 10. The first American Continental Congress assembles at Philadel- phia Sept. 5. Turkey. Abelhamet or Achmet IV. The French Parliament re-established Dec. 12. 1775 The first action in the war of American Independence takes place at Lexington April 19. Benares (Hindostan) is ceded to the East India Company by Subadar ofOude May 21. Arrival at Boston of reinforcements from England under Gen- erals Howe, Burgoyne and Clinton May 25. George Washington appointed Commander-in-chief of the Amer- ican army June 15. Battle of Bunker Hill June 17. Invasion of Canada by the American forces under Gen. Mont- gomery Sept. 10. 1776 Evacuation of Boston by the English; it is occupied by Wash- ington March 17. Evacuation of Canada by the Americans June 18 Eleventh Period, from the american revolution to the great rebellion — 84 YEARS. A. D. 1776 July 4. America is declared " free, sovereign and indepen- dent ; " a declaration which is signed by the following states : New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro Una, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Aug. 25. David Hume Scottish historian, philosopher and miscellaneous writer died aged 65 years. Aug. 27. Battle of Long Island. Oct. 13. Capture and destruction of an American squadron oj Lake Champlain by the English. Oct. 28. Battle of AVhite Plains. Nov. 16. Capture of Fort Washington. Nov. 28. Washington crosses the Delaware. Dec. 8. Battle of Rhode Island. Dec. 26. Battle of Trenton. 1777 Jan. 3. Battle of Princeton. July 2. Neckar appointed French Minister of Finance. July 6. Ticonderoga taken. July 31. The Marquis of La Fayette and other French oflB- cers join the Americans in their struggle for independence. Aug. 16. Battle of Bennington. Sept. 11. Battle of Brandy wine. Sept. 19. Battle of Stillwater. Sept. 20. Defeat of Gen. Wayne. Oct. 4. Battle of Germantown. Oct. 17. Capitulation of the British army at Saratoga, United States. Surrender of Burgoyne. Nov. 15. The American Congress adopts a federal government. Dec. 18. Constitution of North Carolina adopted. Dec. 16. The independence of the United States acknowledged by France. Portugal. Mary Frances Isabella. 1778 July 3. Jean Jaques Rousseau, French philosopher and mis- cellaneous writer died aged G6 years. The Sandwich Islands discovered by Capt. Cook. Jan. 10. Carl von Linnaeus, Swedish natui'alist and botanist died aged 71 years. He was founder of the botanical sys- tem bearing his name. David Garrick English tragedian died aged 63. Feb. 6. Treaties of amity and commerce concluded between the United States and France. May 27. Sebastien Nicholas Adams French sculptor died aged 73. His great work is " Prometheus Bound." March 31. The war between Spain and Portugal (which had A D. commenced in 1762) concluded by the Treaty of Pardo, or St. Ildefonso. 1T78 May 11. Death of William Pitt Earl of Chatham. June 13. War declared against Kngknd by Krance, in aid of the North American colonies. June 28. Battle of Monmouth. Washington victor i-ous. July 4. Invasion of Bohemia by Frederick II. of Prussia and commencement of the " Potatoe War;" (so called on account of the numerous petty skirmishes and maneuvres respecting the convoys.) Aug. 29. Battle of Khode Island. December 29. British take Savannah. 1779 March 16. Battle of Briar Creek. May 13. Siege of Charleston, S. C. June 16. War declared between Spain and Great Britian. ' July 16. The grand siege of Gibraltar commenced by the Spaniards blocking up the port. July 16. Stony Point taken. Aug. 29. Sullivan defeats the Indians. Oct. 12. Formation of the first regiment of Irish Volunteers, under the Earl of Leinster to support the Parliament in demanding free trade. 1780 Feb. 14. Sir William Blackstone, English judge and author of the well known commentaries on the laws of England, died aged 57 years. May 12. Charleston surrenders. June 2-7. Lord George Gordon's anti-Popery riots. June 23. Battle of Springfield. August 6. Sumpter defeats the British. Aug. 16. Battle of Camden. Oct. 2. Arrest of Major Andr4 an English ofl&cer by the Amer- icans Sept 23 ; he is executed by sentence of court-martial as a spy. Oct. 7. Battle of King's Mountain. Nov. 20. Sumpter defeats Tarleton. Dec. 20. England declares war against Holland. Hungary. Joseph, son of Maria Theresa. Abolition of torture in France. 1781 Jan. 1. Revolt of Pennsylvania line. Jan. 17. Battle of the Cowpens. March 15. Battle of Guildford. May 23. Resiguation of tbe French minister Neckar. Aug. 5. Naval b:ittle off Dogger-bank, between the Dutch and English fleets ; 400 killed on each side. Sept. 5. Naval engagement between the French and English. Sept. 6. New London burnt by the British. Sept. 8. Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina. Sept. 19. The treaty of Chunar, Hindostan, signed by Warren Hastings and the Nabob of Oude. Hastings receives from the latter £100,000 as a present. A. D. 1781 Oct. 19. Sun-ender of a British force consisting of 7,000 raen under Lord Cornwallis, to Gen. Wnslungton at Yorktown. 1782 Marcli 4. Resolution of the House of Commons, '• That the ad- visers of further prosecution of oflFensive war in America are enemies to their king and country." April 1. Marquis of Rockingham English Prime Minister. July 13. Lord Shelburn English Prime Minister. Sept. 13. Total defeat of the French and Spanish fleets in the Bay of Gibraltar by the British. Oct. 8. The independence of the United States acknowledged by Holland, by a treaty concluded at the Hague. Nov. 30. A provisional treaty, acknowledging the independence of the United States, signed by England at Paris. The Inquisition abolished in Naples. 1783 Jan. 20. An armistice concluded with Great Britain by the United States. Feb. 5. The Order of St. Patrick founded in Ireland by George III. It consists of the Sovereign, a grand master and 22 knights. Feb. 5. The blockade of Gibraltar by the Spaniards discontin- ued. The independence of the United States acknowledged by Swe- den Feb. 5 ; by Denmark Feb. 25 ; and by Spain March 24. April 4. Duke of Portland English Prime Minister. Aug. 1. A violent earthquake at Japan destroys 27 towns and thousands of lives. Sept. 3. Treaty of Versailles. By this treaty peace was con- cluded between Great Britain. France and Spain. Nov. 3. The American army disbanded. Nov. 25. The English evacuate New York. Dec. 26. Pitt English Prime Minister. 1784 Jan. 8. Cession of the Crimea to Russia by Turkey. It did not formally take place till Jan. 9, 1792. Mar. 28. Prince Frederic appointed regent of Denmark, ow- ing to the insanity of his father Christian VII. July 4. The Defenders (Roman Catholics) and Peep-'o-Day Boys (Presbyterians) two Irish factions organized. Aug. 10. Allan Ramsay Scottish portrd;it painter died aged 75 years. Dec. 13. Samuel Johnson English lexicographer died aged 75 years. 1785 Feb. 8. Resignation of Warren Hastings Governor-General of India; he returns to England. Feb. 24. Death of Charles Bonaparte Judge of the Island of Corsica and father of Napoleon I. June 1. John Adams the first accredited minister from the United States to the Court of London. July 23. Conclusion of the Fursten-Bund Alliance at Berlin and commencement of the Germanic Confederation. Aflair of the Diamond Necklace. A. D. 1785 The guillotine invented. 1786 Aug. 2. The life of king George Til. of England attempted by Margaret Nicholson. Aug. 17. Death of Frederick II. of Prussia; succeeded by Frederick William II. Nov. Shay's insurrection breaks out. Nov. Major-General Grreene dies. 1787 Mar. 4. An English settlement composed partly of negroes is established in Sierra Leone, Africa. May 13. The English government send to Australia 558 male and 218 female convicts. July 20. James Whittaker first Shaker preacher died at En- field, Conn, aged 36 years. Born at Oldham, England ; came to America in company with the celebrated "mother Ann Lee" in 1774. " Elder Whittaker " may be considered the John Wesley of American Shakers. Aug. 11. Nova Scotia. The first colonial see of the Anglican Church erected. 1788 The new Constitution ratified by all the states except Rhode Island. John Ledyard the traveler dies. Jan. 26. Captain Philip the first governor of Australia founds the city of Sydney near Port Jackson. Feb. 13. Trial of Warren Hastings Governor-General of India begins and lasts seven years. Hastings is acquitted. March 3. Death of Prince Charles Edward the young Pre- tender, at Rome. Aug. 2. Thomas Gainsborough English landscape and portrait painter died aged 61 years. Oct. 12. The mental indisposition of king George III. is made known. Nov 6. Meeting of the second assembly of French nobles. Spain. Charles IV. 1789 Jan. 18. Poland declares itself independent of Russia. March 3. The first Congress under the new Constitution meets. April 14. George Washington declared first President of the United States. John Adams Vice Pi-esident. June 17. The States-General assume the title of the National Assembly of France. July 14. Destruction of the Bastile by the French populace. Aug. 13. The French Assembly adopts the declaration of the " Rights of Man." Sept. 22. Battle of Martinesti, Wallachia. Turks defeated by the Austrian and Russian army. Oct. 5-6. The palace at Versailles attacked by the French populace and the king and queen compelled to proceed to Paris. Oct. 16. The title King of France altered to the King of th§ French. 13 A. D. 1789 Nov. 2. The property of the French clergy confiscated. Dec. 22. France is divided into eighty-three departments nearly equal in extent, the departments divided into districts, the districts into cantons. Ethan Allen and G-eneral Knyphausen died this year. Turkey. Selim III. 1790 Treaty concluded with the Creeks. First census taken; population of the United States 3,929,326. The territory south of the Ohio ceded to the United States, and a territorial government erected therein. Jan. 20. John Howard English philanthropist died aged 64 years. Feb. 4. Visit of t]ae French king and queen to the Assembly ; they agree to the Revolution. March 16. Abolition of Lettres de Cachet in France. March 29. An alliance concluded between Poland and Prussia at Warsaw. Prussia was induced to enter into this alliance in the hope of ultimately having Thorn and Dantzic ceded to her by Poland. April 17. Benjamin Franklin natural philosopher and politi- cian died aged 84 years. June 20. Abolition of hereditary nobility and titles of honor in France. July 14. Louis XIV. of France swears fealty to the new con- stitution at the fete in Champ de Mars. July 27. Prussia concludes a convention for the settlement of tne Netherlands with England and Austria. Germany. Leopold II. * Sept. 30. G-eneral Harmar defeated in Indiana. Nov. 27. Decrees published for the humiliation of the French clergy by the Assembly of France. 1791 March 2. John Wesley founder of Wesloyan Methodism died. March 4. The "Quebec Bill" proposed by Pitt of England, by which Canada is divided into the Upper and Lower prov-- inces, and receives a representative constitution. April 2. Honore Gabriel Riquetti Mirabeau, one of the most celebrated characters of the French Revolution dies aged 42 years. May 3. A new constitution promulgated in Poland. Its prin- cipal articles were that the Roman Catholic religion should be the religion of the State. May 14. Battle of Seringapatam, South India. Lord Corn-^ wallis defeated Tippoo Sahib. June 21. Louis XVI., his queen and family arrested at Var- ennes in their flight from Paris. June 25. Imprisonment of the French royal family in the Tuil- eries by the revolutionists. Aug. 27. Conference of Pilnitz. Sept. 15. Louis XVI. assents to the " National Constitution " of France, which aimed at destroying all ancient abuses. A. D. 1792 Jan. 9. Greece is placed under Russian protection. Jan. 9. Treaty of Jassy between Russia and Turkey. Feb. 23. Sir Joshua Reynolds English painter dies aged 69 years. He was first president of the Royal Academy, found- ed 1768. March 29. Gustavus III. king of Sweden shot at a masquer- ade by Count Ankerstrom ; succeeded by Gustavus Adolph- us IV. April 20. France declares war against Austria. May 14. Confederation of Targowitz. A confederation of Po- lish nobles, partisans of Russia, to restore the Russian consti- tution of 1775 in Poland. June 1. Kentucky admitted into the Union. June 8. War declared between Russia and Poland. June 20. The Tuileries attacked by the French republicans. June 20. Battle of Menin, Belgium. Austrians defeated. June. Union of Prussia, Austria and Holland against France. Aug. 4. John Burgoyne English general during the Ameri- can revolution dies. Aug. 10. Massacre of the Swiss guards, storming of the Tuil- eries, and imprisonment of the French royal lamily in the Temple by the French revolutionists. Sept. 3. Massacre of the Abbaye. The Abbaye was octe of the chief prisons of Paris. Sept. 5. Massacre of the Royalist prisoners in Paris (among them the unfortunate Princesse de Lamballe) by the French revolutionists. Sept. 20. Battle of Valmy, France. Sept. 21. Royalty abolished in France by the " National Con- vention." Sept. 22. The French Republic established. Germany. Francis II. Sept. Invasion of the Sardinian territories by the French, who occupy Savoy and Nice. Nov. 6. Battle of Jennnappes, Belgium. Austrkns defeated. Nov. 27. Savoy and Nice annexed to France. Dec. 5. Johann C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian mu- sical composer died aged 36 years. Dec. 15. Annexation of Flanders to France. 1793 Jan. 4. Second treaty between Prussia and Russia for the par- tition of Poland signed. Jan. 21. Louis XVI. imprisoned in the Temple and brought to trial Jan. 19, is condemned to death Jan. ^20, and behead- ed in the Place de Louis Quinze. Thus perished, at the age of thirty-nine, after a reign of sixteen years and a half, passed in endeavouring to do good, the best but weakest of monarchs. Feb. 1. War declared against England, Spain and Holland, by France. March 3. Washington again inaugurated President and Adams Vice President. A. D. 1793 March 10. Revolutionary Tribunal established in France. March 10. Insurrection in La Vendue. The final pacification of the province was effected by the treaty of Lujon, Jan. 17, 1800, nearly 1,000,000 victims having fallen in the struggle. March 25. Robespierre and his colleagues invested with dicta- torial authority by the French Republic. March 25. An alliance concluded between England and Rus- sia against France. Russia acquires considerable territory by the second partition of Poland. July 13. Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday. July 22. Treaty between Poland and Russia. Aug. 16. The first English church erected in Australia. Aug. 18. Battle of Lincelles, France. Sept. 1. Battle of Quesnoy, France. Sept. 3. War declared by Naples against the French republic. Sept 8. Battle of Dunkirk, France. Sept. 14. Arrival of Lord Macartney's embassy at Pekin, Chi- na; he is received by the emperor. Sept. 25. Treaty between Poland and Prussia. Oct. 16. Execution of queen Marie Antoinette. Oct. 16. Battle of Wattignies, France. Nov. 6. Execution of Philippe Egaiite duke of Orleans. Nov. 8. Execution of Madame Roland. Courts for civil and criminal causes and circuits appointed in India by the British government. John Hancock, Roger Sherman and John Manly died this year. 1794 Jan. 16. Edward Gibbon English historian died aged 57 years. A naval armament fitted out against the Algerines. Feb. Invasion of Spain by the French. March 24. Execution of the leaders of the Cordeliers' club. March 24. The Russians expelled from Cracow by Kosciusko, and commencement of the Polish insurrection. April 5. Execution of Danton and his colleagues. April 16. Massacre of the Russians in Warsaw by the Polish garrison and citizens. April 24. Battle of Cambray. French defeated. May 8. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier French chemist died. May 10. A national council for the government of the Polish republic established by the Poles. The king was set aside ; the council was to consist of eight members and Kosciusko invested with dictatorial power. May 12. Execution of Madame Elizabeth sister of Louis XVI May 18-22. Battle of Tourcoing. May 22 Battle of Espierres. French severely defeated. May 23. Suspension of the "Habeas Corpus Act" in Eng- land, owing to the seditious state of the country. June 1. The French fleet defeated off" Ushant by Lord Howe. June 15. Cracow surrenders to the Prussian forces j Austria unites with Prussia against Poland. June 26. Battle of Fleurus. A. D. 1794 July 27. The revolution of the Niuth Tbermidor and fall of Robespierre. July 28. Execution of Robespierre, St. Just and 70 of their colleagues; termination of the Reign of Terror. Aug. 20. Gen. Wayne defeats the Indians at the Miami. Aug. 27. Death of Sir William Jones English lawyer and ori- ental scholar. Sept. 8. The Jacobin Club, one of the numerous political as- sociations that came into existence just before the first French revolution, ordered to be closed by the French National Con- vention. > Sept. 14. Battle of Bois-le-duc. Sept. 14 Battle of Boxtel. Oct. 10. Battle of Maciejowice. Nov. 4 Defeat of the Poles at Praga by the Russians under Sufparrow; 12,000 Poles slain. Nov. 9. Warsaw taken by Suwarrow. Nov. 10. Inauguration of the worship of the " Goddess of Reason " in France. Nov. 19. A treaty of amity, commerce and navigation con- cluded with Britain by the United f>tates. Oct. 28-Dec. 5. Trials of Thomas Plardy, John Home Tooke and John Thelwall in England for treason ; they are acquit- ted. General Sullivan, Baron Steuben, Dr. Witherspoon and Richard Henry Lee died this year. 1795 April 5. Peace concluded at B^sle between France and Prussia. April 8. Marriage of the prince of Wales with Caroline of Brunswick. April 23. Acquittal of Warren Hastings. May 22. Mungo Park starts from the Gambia on his voyage of discovery into Africa. He traced the Niger to Silla, ex- plored the intervening couuigascar, Radama the Great, at Tam- atave. Nov. 6. Death of the Princess Charlotte of Great Britain. 1818 Feb. 5. Death of Charles XIII. king of Sweden and accessior of Marshal Bernadotte under the title of Charles John XIV. April. The Seminoles defeated and dispersed by Gen. Jackson. May 9. Conclusion of the Pindaree war. May 26. The king of Bavaria grants a constitutional chaiter to his subjects. 1819 Feb. 23. A treaty for the cession of Florida signed at Wash- ington and ratified by the United States. May 24. Birth of queen Victoria. May. The first steamship sails for Europe. Aug. 16. England. Manchester monster Reform meeting. Aug. 23. Com. Perry dies in the West Indies. Sept. 12. Lebrecht Von Blucher died aged 77 years. A Prus- sian field-marshal whose energy and boldness gained him the appellation of " Marshal Forward." Dec. The Alabama territory admitted into the Union. 1820 Jan. 23. Death of Edward duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III. Jan. 29. Death of king George III. and accession of George IV. his eldest son. Feb. 10. The " Missouri Compromise." This compromise, drawn up by Mr. Clay, enacted that slavery should not exist except in Missouri north of latitude 36° 30'. Jan.— Feb. A revolution breaks out in Spain against Ferdinand VII. beaded by Raphael Y. Nunez del Riego. March 25. Expulsion of the Jesuits from Russia. July 13. Gen. Pepe heads an insurrection of Carbonari, and compels the King of the Two Sicilies to grant a new consti- tution. Oct. 1. Revolt of the garrison at Oporto, Aug. 24 : the revo- lution spreads to Lisbon : the revolutionists of Oporto estab- lish a constitutional junta at Lisbon. Oct. 20. The State of Florida ceded to the United States by Spain. Aug. 19-Nov. 10. Trial of Queen Caroline. One of the first steps of George IV. after his accession, was an unsuccessful attempt to procure a divorce from his consort Caroline of Brunswick. A. D. 1820 Nov. King Christoplie of Hayti commits suicide, and Bojes becomes president of the whole ishind. Maine admitted into the Union as a state. 1821 Feb. 24. John Keats English poet died aged 24 years. March 4. James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins inaugurated President and Vice President for a second term. March 9. Portugal adopts a new constitution. The articlea of this constitution secured freedom of person and property, the liberty of the press, legal equality, and the abolition of privileges, the admission of all citizens to all offices and the sovereignty of the nation. March. 13. Abdication of Victor Emanuel I. King of Sar- dinia, in consequence of a popular insurrection, and accession of his brother Charles Felix. March 20. Invasion of Naples by the Austrians at Ferdinand's request, March 7 ; capitulation of Naples to the Austrians. March 23. Naples occupied by the Austrians, and a provis- ional government appointed. May 1. The Bank of England resumes cash payments. May 5. Death of Napoleon Bonaparte at Saint Helena. July 4. The court of Portugal again established at Lisbon. July 19. Coronation of George IV. of Great Britain. Aug. 3. San Martin proclaims Peru free and independent of Spanish rule, July 28 ; he becomes protector. Aug. 7. Death of Queen Caroline at Hammersmith. Aug. 21. Riots at Lisbon against the new constitution. Revolutions in Rio Janeiro and other districts of Brazil. King John VI. of Portugal returns to Lisbon, leaving Don Pedro regent of Brazil. 1SZ2 Jan. 1. The Greeks formally proclaim their independence of Turkish sovereignty. Jan. 25. The independence of Chili acknowledged by Portu- gal. March 19. The independence of the South American govern- ments acknowledged by the United States government. April 11. Scio taken by the Turks from the Greeks; a fear- ful massacre of the iuhabitautrf ensues. June 22. The Greeks take Athens. July 8. Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet died aged 30 years. July 13. Corinth recaptured by the Turks from the Greeks. Battle of Thermopylse. Aug. 6. Defeat of the Turks by the Greeks in the passes of Barbati, Dervenekai and Thermopylas. Sept 21. Brazil declares its independence of Portugal. Don Pedro, Regent of Brazil, refuses to recognize the authority of the King of Portugal, and is proclaimed '' constitutional Emj^eror of Brazil." Oct. 2. Coriath taken by the Greeks from the Tuiks. 1823 March 8. Abdication of Iturbide, Emperor of M*^ lico. A.]). 1823 April 6. Invasion of Spain by tlie French to support Ferdi- nand VII. At no period was Spain in a more unsettled state than now, and nothing less than a desperate struggle between despotism and revolution could be calculated on. June 11. The Spanish Cortes depose Ferdinand VII. of Spain, and compel him to retire with them to Cadiz. July 15. The Church of St. Paul at Rome destroyed by fire. Aug. 31. The French obtain the entire mastery of the Penin- sula. Sept. 28. Dissolution of the Spanish Cortes. Oct. 1. Restoration of Ferdinand VII. of Spain. Nov 7. Execution of Raphael del Riego the Spanish patriot. 1824 Jan. 10. Death of Victor Emanuel I. ex-King of Sardinia. Feb. 22. Eugene de Beauharnais, son of Josephine, the firsi wife of Napoleon I. and of Vicomte Alexander de Beau- harnais, died aged 43 years. April 19. Death of Lord Byron at Missolonghi. May 13. Don Miguel, son of John VI. of Portugal, deprived of the commandership-in-chief of the Portuguese a.rmy, for rebellion against the constitution ; he escapes into France. June 10. The Legislative Council of Australia established. July 3. The Turks destroy Ipsara and massacre the Greek inhabitants. Sept. 16. Death of Louis XVIII. of France, and accession of his brother Charles X. Oct. 4. A Federal constitution established in Mexico, on thp plan of the United States. Oct 12. The Greek Provisional Government established. The Marquis de La Fayette visited the United States. 1825 Jan. 1. The independence of Colombia, South America, rec- ognized by Great Britain. Jan. 4. Death of Ferdinand I. of the Two Sicilies. March 4. John Quincy Adams inaugurated President of the United States and John C. Calhoun Vice Pi'esident. April 16. Henry Fuseli Swiss painter of the English Acad- emy died aged 83 years. April 17. The independence of Hayti recognized by France. The ports of Hayti were thrown open to all nations, but with certain exclusive advantages to the French. May 13. The independence of the Brazilian empire recognized by Portugal. July 24. The provisional government of Greece seeks aid from England against Turkey. Dec. 1. Death of Alexander I. of Russia and accession of his brother Nicholas I. ; he was crowned Sept. 3, 1826. The Grand Duke Constantine, Nicholas' eldest brother, had re- signed his right in 1823. Dec. 6. Commercial panic in Engknd commences. Dec. 29. Jacques Louis David, French painter and revolution- ist died aged 77 years. A. D. 1826 Feb. 13. American Temperance Society Instltated at Boston. Feb. 18. Death of John VI. of Portugal; IDon Pedro pro- claimed king, and the Infanta Isabella regent during his ab- sence in Brazil. April 11. Missolonghi, Greece, surrenders to the Turks after a long siege. April 26. Don Pedro grants a constitutional charter based on liberal principles and establishes two Chambers for Poi-tugal. May 2. King Pedro resigns the Portuguese crown to his daughter Maria II. on condition that she marries Don Miguel, and retains the empire of Brazil. June 15. Massacre of the Janizaries by the Turks. July 4. The ex-Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. Sept. 28. War declared by Russia against Persia. Oct. 4. Don Miguel swears at Vienna to respect the Portu- guese conistitution. Oct. 29. Betrothal of Maria II. of Portugal to Don Miguel. Nov. 28. The Spanish government disclaims any connection with the Portuguese revolution. Dec. 25. An J]nglish force lands at Lisbon to aid the Portu- guese against the Miguel ites. 1827 March 26. Ludwig von Beethoven German musical composer died aged 57 years. April 30. Canning English Prime Minister. The French National Guard disbanded. May 17. Capture of Athens. July 6. A treaty concluded at London, between England, France and Bus.sla, for the pacification of Greece, in which the three contracting parties engage to equip a fleet for tho purpose of staying the further progress of hostilities, and to erect Greece into a kingdom. Sept. 8. Lord Goderich English Prime Minister. Oct. 20. Naval battle of Navarino ; naval power of Turkey an- nihilated. Nov. 5. The French Chamber of Deputies dissolved ; creation of 76 new peers. Nov. 19-20. Election riots at Paris. Dec. 19. The Infant Don Miguel proclaimed regent of Portu- gal. 1828 Jan. 26. Duke of Wellington English Prime Minister. Feb. 2. The Panhelion or Grand Council of State in Greece established. Feb. 22. Treaty of Turkmanshai between Persia and Russia. March 3. Pedro I. Emperor of Brazil formally renounces all claim to the crown of Portugal. April 26. Greece is divided into departments. April 26. War declared by Russia against Turkey, on account of the latter refusing to carry out th-e treaty of Akierman, and to acknowledge the independence of Greece. A. D. 1828 May 13. TariflF bill, imposing heavy duties on British goods. June 30. Don Miguel assumes the title of king of Portugal. July 27. Death of Radama the Great king of Madagascar, and accession of one of his wives Ranavolaaa Manjaca, the bitter persecutor of the Christians. 1829 Feb. 27. Battle of Tarqui in which the Peruvians are defeated by the Colombians. March 4. Andrew Jackson inaugurated President and John C. Calhoun Vice President of the United States. May 8. Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, English statesman died aged 72 years. May 24. Coronation of Nicholas T. of Russia, at Warsaw, as king of Poland. May 30. Sir Humphrey Davy, English natural philosopher died aged 51 years. July 23. The Greek national assembly commences its sitting at Argos. Aug. 8. The Polignac administration formed in France. Aug. 20 Capture of Adrianople by the Russians. Sept. 11. A Spanish expedition for the recovery of Mexico sails from Havana, July 5 ; it surrenders to the Slexican general Santa Anna. Dec. 14. A decree for the abolition of Sutteeism, or burning of widows in India, published by the English government. 1830 Jan 7. Sir Thomas Lawrence, the most celebrated portrait painter of his age died aged 61 years. March 29. Salic law abolished in Spain by Ferdinand VIL April 23. Turkey acknowledged the independence of Greece. May 7. A treaty concluded between the United States and the Ottoman Porte : the ports of the United States are again opened to British commerce. May 19. The French Chamber of Deputies dissolved. May 21. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg declines the crown of Greece. June 22. The pillory used for the last time in London. June 26. Death of king George IV. and accession of William IV. July 5. Algiers conquered by the French. July 27. The French revolution of 1830 commences. July 31. Flight of the French royal fiimily from St. Cloud; duke of Orleans lieutenant-general of the kingdom. Aug. 2. Abdication of Charles X. of France. Aug. 7. Accession of the duke of Orleans to the French throne as Louis Philippe I. The duke of Orleans was chosen king by 219 votes against 33 by the Chamber of Deputies. Aug. 17. Charles X. of France seeks refuge in England. Nov. 10. An insurrection breaks out at Brussels in favor of the independence of Belgium from the rule of Holland Aug. 25. ; the insurgents take Antwerp Oct. 27 ; the national con- gress at Brussels proclaims the independence of Belgium. A.i). 1830 Nov. 24. Earl Grey Englisli Prime Ministei'. Dec. 17. Simon Bolivar, a South American and the liberatot of Bolivia from the Spanish yoke died aged 47 yeara. Dec. 20. The independence of Belgium recognized by the conference of the great powers assembled at London, to pre- vent war between Holland and Belgium. 1831 Jan. 25. The Polish diet declares Poland independent and pro- claims the throne vacant. Jan. 30. Prince Adam Czartoryski elected president of the Polish national government. Feb. 6. A Russian army of 114,000 men under Diebitsch en- ter Poland. Feb. 20. Battle of Grochow ; Russians defeated. April 6. Abdication of Pedro I. emperor of Brazil in favor ol his infant son Don Pedro ; he embarks for Europe. April 10. Battle of Seidlice. June 27. Death of Constantine Grand Duke of Russia. July 21. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg chosen king of Bel- gium. Sept. 8. The Russians attack Warsaw Sept. 7 ; the town sur- rendered by the Poles. Sept. 9. Coronation of king William IV. of Great Britain. Oct. 9. The Greeks rise against the Government of the coun( Capo d'Istrias their president on account of his servility to the Russian interest, and he is assassinated. Oct. 20. Nicholas I. of Russia announces the termination of the Polish war. Oct. 26. The cholera first appears in England at Sunderland. Nov. 15. The great powers conclude a treaty at London with Belgium defining the limits of the new kiogdom. Nov. 17. Venezuela, New Granada and Colombia, S. America, again become separate states. Dec. 28. Repeal of the hereditary peerage decree in France. 1832 Feb. 8. Death of Rev. George Crabbe English poet ^ged 78. Feb. 26. An imperial ukase published by the czar constituting Paland an integral part of the Russian empire. March 22. Johann Wolfgang Goethe the greatest modern poet of Germany died aged 83 years. July 9. Disembarkation of Don Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, at Oporto, July 8 ; he assumes the Regency of Portugal in behalf of his daughter, Maria II. Aug. 7. The Irish Reform Bill passed. Aug. 8 The election of Prince Otho of Bavaria as king of Greece approved of by the Greeks. Aug. 26. Adam Clarke, LL. D. English theologian died aged 72 years. Sept. 9-19. The troops of Don Miguel defeated in their attempt to seize Oporto from the royaRsts with great loss. Sept. 21. Sir Walter Scott, Scotch novelist and poet died aged 61 years. A. D. 1832 Oct 25. Appointment of tlie Queen of Spain as regent, owing to the illness of the king. July-Oct. The commercial world of America agitated by a violent panic. Nov. 19. The life of Louis Philippe attempted. Dec. 21. Battle of Konieh, Syria. Turkish loss 30,000. Dec. 23. The siege of Antwerp, Nov 30 ; taken by the French. Revolt of Texas from Mexico. 1833 Jan. 4. Ferdinand Vll. of Spain re- assumes the government. March 4. Andrew Jackson commences his second terra as President of the United States, Martin Van Buren Vice President. May 4. Convention of Kutayah, which ends the war between the Pasha of Egypt and Turkey. May 11. Gren. Santa Anna elected President of Mexico. July 5. Admiral Napier of England assumes the command of Don Pedro's fleet, June 8; he captures the fleet of Don Miguel at St. Vincent. Aug. 14. The Court of Delegates abolished in France. Aug. 28. Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire, by William IV. which takes efi"ect from Aug. 1, 1834. The slave owners receive £20,000,000 as compensation. Sept. 22. Entrance of Maria II. of Portugal into Lisbon. Sept. 29. Death of Ferdinand VIL of Spain and succession of his daughter Isabella II. under the regency of her mother the queen dowager Christina. Oct. 4. Don Carlos proclaimed king of Spain at Bilboa in Bis- cay. Nov. 30. Spain divided into 43 provinces. 1834 Jan. 29. A treaty for the surrender of Polish refugees to the Russian authorities concluded by Russia with Austria and Prussia. April 10. The Rajah of Coorg, Hindostan, deposed and his dominions ceded to the British. April 21. Great Britain, France and Portugal form the quad- ruple alliance with Spain for establishing Isabella II. on the throne. Don Pedro of Portugal concludes an alliance with Great Britain, France and Spain. April 22. Termination of the East India Company's monopoly in the trade with China. ^ June 13. Don Carlos takes refuge in England having been driven from Portugal. July 9. Return of Don Carlos to Spain. July 19. Lord Melbourne English Prime Minister. July 25. Death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher and theologian. Sept. 20. Maria II. queen of Portugal having attained her majority swears fidelity to the constitution. A. D. 1834 Sept. 24. Death of Don Pedro of Portugal. Oct. 25. Decree of banishment issued against Don Carlos by the queen of Spain. Nov. 3. The Chinese government interdicts the opium trade. Nov. 22. Duke of Wellington again English Prime Minister. Dec. 1. Marriage of Maria II. of Portugal with Augustus duke of Leuchtenberg. Dec 27. Charles Lamb, English humorist, poet and miscella- neous writer died aged 59 years. Dec. 31. Sir Kobert Peel English Prime Minister. 1835 March 2. Death of Francis I. of Austria and accession of Fer- dinand I. April 20. Lord Melbourne's second administration. May 16. Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English poetess died aged 41 years. June 18. Death of William Cobbett English writer. June 28. Total abolition of the slave-trade on the part of Spain. Aug. 27. The queen of Madagascar prohibits the teaching of the Bible in her island, Feb. 6, and the missionaries who came in 1818 are obliged to depart. Nov. 20. James Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd, Scottish poet died aged 63. Sept. 23. Vincenzo Bellini, Italian musical composer died aged 33 years. 1836 Marriage of Maria II. of Portugal with Ferdinand Augustus of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Aug. 13. Owing to the rapid spread of the Carlist juntas in Saragossa, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, and Cadiz, and finally in Madrid, the Queen Regent of Spain proclaims the consti- tution of 1812. Aug. 21. Defeat of Carlists by Spanish loyalists at Lodosa. Oct. 29. Attempt of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to create an insurrection at Strasbourg signally fails. Nov. 6. Death of Charles X. ex-king of France. Dec. 28. Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico. 1837 March 4. Martin Van Buren inaugurated President and Rich- ard M. Johnson Vice President of the United States. May 9. An amnesty for political ofi'enders published in France. June 20. Death of king William IV. of Great Britain, and accession of Queen Victoria. Separation of Hanover from Great Britain. Sept. 4. Martial law proclaimed in Catalonia, Spain. Oct. 5. Hortense de Beauharnais, sister of Eugene de Beau- harnais, and queen of Holland died aged 54 years. y^ Oct. 13. Capture of Constantina by the French. ■^ Dec. 14. Battle of St. Eustace. Dec 29. The American steamer " Caroline " burnt by the Canadian royalists for having brought assistaiKie to the rebels. 1838 Rebellion of the " Sons of Liberty " under Papineau, at Mon^ A. D. treal, Canada, commences in the early part of 1837. 1838 Jan 5. American citizens prohibited from aidinsj the Cana- dians in their revolution against the British Government, by the President of the United States. Eeb. 10. A treaty for the surrender of Polish refugees signed by Russia, Austria and .Prussia. April 4. An insurrection breaks out in Lisbon February 13 ; the Portuguese Cortes adopt a new constitution, to which Maria II. swears fidelity. May 20. Death of Talleyrand, French diplomatist. June 28. Coronation of queen Victoria. June. Ferdinand II. (Bomba) king of the Two Sicilies, grants the monopoly of Sicilian sulphur to a private company, in opposition to a treaty concluded with Great Britain. July 12. France declares war with Mexico. July 31. The first Irish Poor Law Bill passed. Aug. Slavery abolished in the East Indies by the English government. Aug. 16. A commercial treaty concluded with England and France by Turkey. Oct. 27. Banishment of Carlist families from Madrid. Nov. 17. The Canadian rebellion suppressed; battle of Pres- cott, U. C. Nov. 30. Mexico declares war against France. Fearful famine in the northwestern provinces of India, in this year. 1839 Rev. Archibald Alison, Scotch clergyman and miscellaneous writer died aged 82 years. March 9. Peace concluded between France and Mexico at Vera Cruz. March 18. Edict of the Chinese commissioner Lin, to seize all opium from the British subjects at Canton. May. Hostilities again break out between Egypt and Turkey. June 27. Turkey. Abdul-Medjid. Aug. 17. Th^crew of the British schooner " Black Joke" at- tacked and murdered by the Chinese lying off Canton. Sept. 4. Indecisive sea-fight between the British and Chinese in the bay of Coalloon, China. Sept. 14. Don Carlos takes refuge in France. Oct 9. The United States bank suspends payment. Denmark. Christian VIII. 1840 Jan. 5. Edict of the emperor of China interdicting all trade and intercourse with England forever. Jan. 10. The penny postage comes into operation in Great Britain. Feb. 10. Marriage of Queen Victoria with Prince Albert of Saxe-Gotha. March 1. M. Thiers French Minister of foreign affairs. May 28. Capture of Morella, Spain, by the Spanish royalists from the Carlists. A. B. 1840 May. Hostilities commenced between Great Britain and Naples owing to the refusal of Ferdinand II. to discontinue the mo- nopoly of Sicilian sulphur, April 17; the monopoly is abol- ished and peace restored. June 10. Attempt on queen Victoria's life by Edward Ox- ford. June 29. Lucien Bonaparte brother of Napoleon died aged 65 years. July 15. Russia, England, Austria, Prussia and Turkey con- clude a treaty at London for the expulsion of Ibrahim Pasha from Syria. July 23. The " coup d'etat " in Brazil ; the emperor is declared of age and assumes the head of affairs. Aug. 6. Descent of Prince Louis Napoleon and 50 followers at Viraeroux near Boulogne. He is repulsed by the troops and taken prisoner. Sept. 16. General Espartero Prime Minister of Spain. Oct. 6. Louis Napoleon sentenced to imprisonment for life at Ham. Oct. 11. Abdication of the queen regent of Spain. This step was not taken entirely on political grounds. Oct 15. Life of Louis Philippe of France attempted by Dar- mes. Oct 29. M. Guizot French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Nov. 21. Birth of the Princess Boyal of Great Britain. England, Austria, Russia and Prussia undertake to expel the Egyptians from Syria ; Beyrout bombarded Sept. 10 ; Acre taken by the British and Austrian fleets Nov. 3 ; the Egyp- tians quit Syria. Dec. 15. The remains of Napoleon I. (which had been trans- ferred from St. Helena by the consent of England) re-inter- red in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris. Prussia. Frederic William IV. 184:1 Jan 20. Hong Kong ceded to Great Britain by the Chinese commissioner Keshin, and an indemnity of 6,000,000 dollars agreed to be paid to the English before 1846. The Emperor disavowed the treaty Januai-y 27, and hostilities again com- menced Feb. 22. Feb. 10. Upper and Lower Canada united into one province. March 4. William Henry Harrison inaugurated President and John Tyler Vice President of the United States. April 4. President Harrison died and John Tyler became President of the United States. April 6. Jerusalem placed under the protection of the Turk- ish government. April. New Zealand becomes an independent colony. May 8. Gen. Espartero declared sole regent of Spain du.ing the queen of Spain's minority. May 30. The British under Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, attack Canton, and gain the heights behind the city, May 25 ; the A. D. attack on Canton abandonded by the British, and a ransom of 6,000,000 dollars paid to the British Government. 1841 June 1. Death of Sir David Wilkie, Scottish artist. July 11. Peace restored between Egypt and Turkey; 31 e- hemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, made hereditary viceroy of Egypt, but deprived of Syria. Sept. 8. Sir Robert Peel English Prime IMinister. Oct. 2. Gen. O'Donnell heads an insurrection in fiivor of the regency of the queen dowager of Spain at Pampeluna. Oct. 13. Capture of Chinhae, Oct 9, and Ningpo by the Brit- ish from the Chinese. Nov. 7. The Protestant bishopric of Jerusalem erected under the protection of Great Britain and IVussia; the Rev. S. M. x\lexander consecrated first bishop, the queen of England assigning to his jurisdiction Syria, Chaldsea, Egypt and Abys- sinia. Nov. 9. Birth of the Prince of Wales. Nov. & Dec. Affair of the United States brig " Creole," which leads to a dispute with England. This vessel, an American, was on her voyage to New Orleans with a cargo of slaves; they mutinied, murdered the owner, wounded the captain, and compelled the crew to take the ship to Nassau, New Providence, where the Governor, considering them as passen- gers, allowed them, against the protest of the American con- sul, to go at liberty. 18''2 Jan. 6-13. Evacuation of Cabul, Afghanistan, by the British ; hostages are placed in the hands of Akbar Khan ; a dread- ful massacre ensues of about 26,000 men, women and chil- dren. May 30. Attempt of John Francis to shoot queen Victoria. June 12. Rev. Thomas Arnold, D. D., head master of Rugby school died, aged 47 years. July 13. Death of the duke of Orleans, heir to the throne of France. Aug. 9. Arrival of Lord Ashburton at New York as special ambassador from the British Government to the United States. April 1. Signing of the treaty of Washington, better known as the Ashburton treaty, by the American and English plenipotentiaries. It defined the boundaries be- tween the United States and the British American posses- sions. Aug. 29. Treaty of Nankin between China and Great Britain. Oct. 11. Cabul evacuated by the British after destroying the fortifications and the Afghan war concluded. Oct. 20. Grace Darling, E^|glish heroino died aged 27 years; celebrated for rescuing the crew and passengers of the For- farshire steamboat when it struck on the Hawker's rocks, Sept. 5, 1838. Oct. 29. Death of Allan Cunningham Scotch poet, novelist and miscellaneous writer. A.D. 1842 Nov. 13. An insurrection breaks out at Barcelona against the Spanish government. William Bromley English line engraver died aged 73 years. He engraved the Elgin marbles for the British Museum. 1843 March 21. Robert Southey, English poet, biographer and mis- cellaneous writer died aged 69 years. March 24. Scinde annexed to the British empire in India, March 12 ; Sir Charles Napier appointed the governor. May 18. The Free Church established in Scotland. In this year occurred the memorable disruption of the Church of Scotland. May 26. A revolution breaks out at Malaga, Spain, against the Spanish government. June 9. Washington Allston painter, born in South Carolina, died at Cambridge, Mass., aged 64 years. June 12. An insurrection again breaks out at Barcelona, and a revolutionary junta established. June 26. Hong-Kong made the British seat of Government in China, and placed under the governorship of Sir H. Pot- tinger. July 2. Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and founder of the Homoeopathic school died, aged 88 years. July 27. Canton opened to the British under the regulations of the treaty of Nankin. Aug. 16. Gen. Espartero deprived of all his titles by the new Spanish government. Sept. 14. A revolution at Athens establishes a new ministry; a new constitution for Greece prepared by the National Assem- bly, enforces ministerial responsibility and national represen- tation. Sept 20. Nicholas, heir to the throne of Russia born. Nov. 8. Isabella II. the young queen of Spain, declared by the Cortes to be of age. General Narvaez appointed lieu- tenant-general of the kingdom. Nov. 10. John Trumbull painter, born in Connecticut, died in New York, aged 87 years. Nov. 20. Barcelona surrenders to the Spanish royalists. Nov. 28. The independence of the Sandwich Islands recognized by England and France by a treaty signed at London. Exploration of Western Australia by Landor and Lefray. 1844. Jan. 15-Feb. 12. Trial of Daniel O'Connell at Dublin for sedition; he is found guilty and sentenced to a year's impris- onment and a fine of £2,000. He was released Sept. 5 the same year. Feb. St. Domingo declares itself an independent republic. March 8. Death of Charles John XIV. king of Sweden and accession of his son Oscar. March 23. Return of Christina queen dowager of Spain to Madrid. April 12. The Texans conclude a treaty with the United States A. D. for the annexation of Texas to the Union. 1844 June 15. Death of Thomas Campbell LL. D. Scottish poet, aged 67 years. June 25. Joseph Smith founder of Mormonism died aged 39 years. July 6. The United States recognize the independence of the Sandwich Islands. July 19. Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act receives the royal assent. July 28. Joseph Bonaparte, oldest brother of Napoleon died aged 76 years. Aug. 30. Francis Baily, English mathematician and astrono- mer died aged 70 years. Sept. 6. Peace concluded between Morocco and France. The Emperor of Morocco agreed to outlaw Abd-el-Kader, and to prevent troops from assembling on his frontier. Oct. 6. King Louis Philippe visits England. Nov. 13. An insurrection breaks out in Spain under Zurbano. Nov. 14. John Abercrombie M. D. Scotch physician and author died aged 63 years. Nov. 15. Gen. Prim sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for rebelling against the Spanish Government. 1845 Texas annexed to the United States. Anti-rent riots in New York. Jan. 21. Execution of Zurbano, the Spanish rebel. Feb. 21. Rev. Sydney Smith founder and editor of the " Edin- burgh Review," died aged 76 years. Feb. 22. Purchase of the Danish possessions in India by the British. March 4. James K. Polk inaugurated President and George M. Dallas Vice President of the United States. May 3. Thomas Hood, English poet, humorist and miscellane- ous writer died aged 47 years. May 18. Don Carlos renounces his claim to the Spanish throne in favor of his sou. May 24. Sir John Franklin, with Captains Crozier and Fitz- james, in H. M. ships '' Erebus " and " Terror," sailed on an Arctic expedition of discovery and survey from which they never returned. June 4. War declared against the United States by Mexico, on account of the annexation of Texas to the Union. Aug. 9. Visit of the queen of England to Germany. Sept. 23. The Irish National Board of Education established. Dec. 21-22. Battle of Ferozeshah, India. 184V» Feb. 22. Expulsion of the Austrians from Cracow by the Poles. March 9. Treaty of Lahore, and end of the Sikh war. April 16. Life of Louis Philippe attempted by Lecompte. April 24. War with Mexico. Hostilities commence on the Rio Grande. A. D. 1846 May 8. Battle of Palo Alto. Gen. Taylor defeats the Mexi. cans. May 9. Battle of Bcsaca de la Palma, Mexico. May 25. Escape of Louis Niipoleon from the fortress of Ham. June 12. A treaty for the settlement of the Oregon boundary question concluded between the United States and Great Britain; the United States possessing territory up to 49° N. Latitude, leaving free to England the navigation of the Columbia. June 16. Cardinal Mastai Ferret! raised to the popedom, by the title of Pius IX. June 22. Death of Benjamin Robert Haydon, English histor- ical painter. June 26. Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel. July 6. Lord John Russel English Prime Minister. Commodore Sloat takes pos.session of California. New Tnriff bill passed establishing " ad valorem " duties. July 8. Christian VIII. of Denmark declares by letters patent his intention to extend the Danish law of female succession to the whole of his dominions. July 25. Louis Bonaparte, father of the present emperor of the French died aged 68 years. July 29. Life of Louis Philippe of France again attempted by Joseph Henri. Aug. 22. Annexation of New Mexico to the United States. Sept. 13. Don Carlos escapes from France, and removes to London. Sept. 23. Battle of Monterey, Mexico. Captured by Gen. Tay- lor after a siege of three days. Oct. 10. Marriage of the queen of Spain to her cousin Don Francisco d'Assiz, Duke of Cadiz. Oct. 12. A provisional government established at Oporto, Por- tugal, under Count das Artas lender of the insurgents. Oct. 17. An amnesty pronounced by the Spanish Government in favor of Spanish political offenders. Oct. 31. Defeat of the I'ortuguese insurgents by the royal troops at Evora, Portugal. An English fleet, under Admiral Parker anchors in the Tagus, to aid the Portuguese Govern- ment against the Miguelites. Nov. 14. Tampico, Mexico, occupied by the United States troops. J 81 7 Jan. 19. Massacre of the American inhabitants of New Mex- ico by the Mexican population. Feb. 17. Death of William Collins, English landscape painter. Feb. 22. Battle of Buena Vista; Mexicans severely defeated. Feb. 28. Battle of Sacramento. Col. Doniphan defeats the Mexicans. March 29. Vera Cruz, Mexico, surrenders to Gen. Scott. April 18. Battle of Cerro Gordo; Mexicans defeated by Gen Scott. AD. 1847 April 27. Death of Lord Henry Wellesley diplomatist. May 4. The life of the queen of Spain attempted by La Riva May 15. Death of Daniel O'Connel, the leader for the eman- cipation of the Irish Catholics. May 15. Fearful destitution prevails in Ireland owing to the famine, which had been steadily increasing since 1845 ; the English government a2:)plies £10,000,000 for the relief of the people. May 31. Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish divine aged 67 years. May. Poland created a Russian Province ; Russian laws, taxes and language introduced. June 15. Maria II. of Portugal publishes a conciliatory proc- lamation to the insurgents June 9; the Portuguese insurgent general, Sa-da-Bandeira, and a large number of his officers submit. June 30. Capitulation of the revolutionary junta at Oporto, Portugal, to the Spanish troops. Aug. 20. Battles of Contreras and Churubusco ; Mexican army defeated with great slaughter. Sept 3. A resolution of the Swiss diet declares the Sonder- bund illegal, July 20 ; the Sonderbund resists the decree, and civil war ensues. Sept. 8. Bloody battle of Molino d>A Rey ; Mexicans defeated by Gen. Worth. Sept. 12-14. Chepultepec stormed and the city of Mexico taken by assault by the American army under Gen . Scott. Nov. 24. The army of the Sonderbund defeated at Freiburg by the confederate Swiss Nov. 13, and afterwards at Lucerne. The struggle ended in the submission of the Sonderbund, the suppression of the monasteries, and the expulsion of the Jesuits from Switzerland. Dec. 18. Death of Maria Louisa, widow of Napoleon Bona- parte. 1848 Jan. 12. Insurrections arise at Palermo, Sicily, against the Neapolitan Government ; a provisional government pro- claimed. Feb. 2. Upper California ceded to the United States. Feb. 8. A new constitution granted by Charles Albert, king of Sardinia to his kingdom, establishing a free pre.ss and two legislative chambers. Feb. 21. Suppression of the proposed grand Reform banquet at Paris. Feb. 22. Treaty of peace with Mexico signed at Guadaloupe, Hidalgo. Commencement of the French revolution of 1848, and resigna- tion of M. Guizot. The reign of Louis Philippo was with- out any fixed principles, and a. continued system of trimming, both in his foreign and domestic policy, combined with his insatiable avarice, led to great discontent in Fviiuce 15 A. D. 1848 Feb. 24. Abdication of Louis Philippe in favor of his grand- son, the count of Paris ; he escapes with his family from Paris. Feb. 26. France proclaimed a republic ; a provisional goA'ein- ment appointed, consisting of Dupont de I'Eure, Lamartine, Arago, Marie, Gamier Pages, Ledru Rolliu, and Cremieux. March 3. Arrival of the ex-king and queen of the French in England. March 4. Grand funeral procession in Paris in honor of the victims of the revolution. March 13. Insui-rectioa at Vienna, and flight of prince Met- ternich. The revolutionary spirit that had long been smoul- dering in Germany at last appeared in Vienna. Kossuth carried, in the Diet at Pesth, an address to the Emperor, demanding a national government purged from all foreiga influence. 3Iarch. 14. An insurrection breaks out at Berlin against the government. March 18. Lombardy revolts against the Austrians. March 21. Abdication of Louis Charles, king of Bavaria, in favor of Maximilian Joseph II. March 22. Venice unites with Lombardy against the Austri- ans. An insurrection breaks out in Venice under Daniel Manin, against the Austrians and the Republic proclaimed. After a long siege, the city surrendered Aug. 22, 1849. March 23. Charles Albert king of Sardinia aids Milan and Venice in their insurrection against Austria. April 22. The Pope declares war against Austria. April 23. The Prussians defeat the Danes and take possession of Schleswig. May 7. An executive commission, consisting of Lamartine, Arago, Garnier Pagds, Marie, and Lcdru Rollin, elected by the National Assembly to govei-n France. May 15. Riots in Naples, owing to the ofi'ensive government of Ferdinand II. May 19. The treaty between Mexico and the United States ratified, by which Mexico cedes California and New Mexico to the United States. May 30. Louis Philippe and his family condemned to perpet- ual banishment by the National Assembly. June 13. Louis Napoleon elected a member of the French National Assembly. June 23. Gen. Cavaignac elected President of the French Council. June 29. Lombardy annexed to Sardinia. July 4. The Venetian assembly votes the incorporation of Venice with Sardinia. July 11. Election of the Duke of Genoa by the Sicilians as king of Sicily. AD. 1848 Aug. 9. An armistice concluded between the Sardinian and Austrian armies. Sept. 6. Abdication of Mehemet AH Viceroy of Egypt, and accession of his son Ibrahim. Sept. 7. Messina taken by the Neapolitans from Sicily. Sept. 11. The Hungarian revolution breaks out at Pesth. Sept. 12. A new constitution promulgated in Switzerland, the basis of which is a federal assembly, a federal council and a federal tribunal ; Berne selected as the federal city. Sept. 26. Loviis Napoleon takes his seat in the National Assem- bly as representative fur Paris. Sept. 28. The Hungarian Diet appoint a provisional govern- ment under Kossuth and Count Batthydnyi. Oct. 9. Smith O'Brien and others tried at Dublin, and con- demned to death for inciting the Irish people to rebellion. The sentence was commuted to transportation July 9, 1849. An amnesty was granted to Smith O'Brien May 3, 1856, and he shortly afterwards returned to Ireland. Nov. 9. Death of Ibrahim Viceroy of Egypt, and accession of his son Abbas. Nov. 12. Berlin declared in a state of siege. Nov. 24. Pope Pius IX. quits Rome in disguise. Dec. 2. Abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand I. of Austria in favor of his nephew Francis Joseph. Dec. 5. The king of Prussia issues a new constitution to his subjects. Prussia had been promised a representative con- stitution in 1815, but nothing as yet had been done. The French revolution of 1848 vibrated through Germany, and Prussia was the first to feel its influence. Dec. 20. Louis Napoleon declared president elect of the French republic. 1849 Jan. 5. Capture of Pesth by the Austrians under Prince Win- dischgratz from the Hungarians. Jan. 13. Battle of Chillianwallah. Jan. 29. Military demonstration to stifle an anticipated insur rection of the Red Republicans in France. Feb. 8. The '' Constituent Assembly " meets at Rome, Feb. 5 ; it declares the Pope deprived of all temporal power and pro- claims the Roman Republic. The executive power of the new republic was placed in the hands of Mazzini, Armellini and Saffi ; all church property was confiscated. Feb. 18. Appeal of Pope Pius IX. for assistance to the Roman Catholic powers. He flies to Gaeta. Feb. 19. Native Christians of Madagascar bitterly persecuted. March 4. Zachary Taylor inaugurated President and Millard Fillmore Vice President of the United States. March 23. Abdication of Charles Albert king of Sardinia in favor of his son Victor Emanuel II. Hostilities resumed between Sardinia and Austiia, March 20 ; battle of Novara j Sardinians totally defeated. A.. D 1849 March 25. Hostilities recommence between the Danes and thi army of Schleswig-Holstein. April 14. The Hungarian Chambers assert the national inde- pendence of Hungary and proclaim Kossuth governor. April 25. Disturbances arise in Canada owing to the Rebellion Losses Indemnity Bill; the insurgents burn the Parliament house at Montreal. April 26. A French army under Marshal Oudinot occupies Civita Vecchia in support of the papacy. April 27. Russia supports Austria against the Hungarians. May 10. Martial law proclaimed in Prussia. May 13. Capture of Syracuse by the Neapolitans April 23. and of Palermo, Sicily. May 21. Death of Maria Edge worth, Irish novelist aged 82. July 3. The French commence the siege of Rome June 3 ; it surrenders June 30 ; Marshal Oudinot enters the city. July 15. Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly at Rome July 4 ; the papal authority restored. Aug. 6. A peace concluded between Austria and Sardinia at Milan. Aug. 11. The President of the United States publishes a proclamation against the marauding expedition of Gren. Lopez to Cuba. Notwithstanding this proclamation Lopez landed 600 men at Cuba, and after a short struggle took the town of Cardenas from the Spaniards. Sept. 8. Frederic William IV. of Prussia declared head of the Bavarian Imperial constitution by the Frankfort assem- Sept. 12. Pope Pius IX. publishes an amnesty, and promises judicial and administrative reforms. Oct. 6. Execution of Count Batthyanyi, Hungarian statesman. Denmark. Frederic VII. 1850 Feb. 6. The king of Prussia swears fidelity to the constitu- tion. Feb 8. Ofiier of the intervention of the French government in the Anglo-Greek question accepted by Lord Palmerston. Feb. 23. Sir William Allan, celebrated Scotch historical painter died aged 68 years. Feb. 27. Treaty signed at Munich between Austria, Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtemberg to maintain the German union. April 12. Return of Pope Pius IX. to Rome. April 18. Diplomatic relations between England and Spain restored. April 19. The Bulwer-Clayton treaty. This treaty between England and the United States, relative to the establishment of a communication by ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, was signed at Washington April 19, and rati- fications were exchanged there July 4, 1850. April 23. William Wordsworth, J]nglish poet-laureate died aged 80 years. AD. 1850 April 26. The Greek government agrees to the demands of Great Britain. May 17. Gen. Lopez conducts another marauding expedition against Cuba for the purpose of annexing that i.-ilaud to the United States, but is repulsed at Cardenas by the Spanish authorities. June 22. An American Squadron enters the Tagus, to enforce certain claims of the United States. July 2. Death of Sir Robert Peel aged 62 years. July 9. President Taylor died; Millard Fillmore became President. Aug. 15. Admission of California into the United States as a free state. Aug. 17. Denmark cedes her possessions on the coast of Africa to Great Britain. Aug. 26. Death of Louis Philippe, ex-king of France. Sept. 18. The Fugitive Slave Bill passed by the American Congress. This bill imposed a fine of $1,000 and six months' imprisonment on any person harboring fugitive slaves, or aid- ing in their escape. llei)ealod June 13, 1864. Sept. 30. Papal bull establishing a Roman Catholic hierarchy in England. Oct. 3. First battle of the Taeping rebellion in China. Oct 20. Destruction of a Chinese piratical fleet in the Bay of Tonquin, China, by the three British vessels, " Columbine," " Fury," and " Phlegethon." Nov. 29. Convention of Olmiitz for the pacification of Ger- many. Lord Francis JejBPrey, Scottish judge and editor of the " Edin- burgh Review " died aged 77 years. Texas boundary settled by the payment of $10,000,000 to Texas. New Mexico and LItah iidmitted as Territories. Slave trade in the District of Cohimbia abolished. 1851 Jan. 10. Resignation of Gen. Narvaez the Spanish Minister. Jan. 27. John James Audubon, American naturalist died aged 71 years. March 16. A concordat signed by Spain with Rome, April 16. Minot's Ledge lighthouse, Boston Harbor, carried away. It was last seen standing about 3 o'clock P. M April 25. A concordat with Tuscany signed by Rome. May 1. Opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park by queen Victoria. May 8. A " Southern Rights " convention assembles at Charles- ton, S. C. Resolutions passed for a dissolution of the Union. July 4. Ecclesiastical Titles Bill introduced by Lord John Russell, which declares the l*apal Bull establishing a Roman Catholic hierarchy in f'ngland null and void, and imposes a fine of £100 on all Avho shall endeavor to carry it into efiect. July 10. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, inventor of the da- guerreotype Mrocess died aged 72 years. A. D. 1851 Aug. 12. Nicaragua route opeued between New York and San Francisco. Aug. 21. Great riot in New Orleans growing out of the Cuban expedition. The Spani.sh Consul seeks protection and is placed in the city prison for safety. Sept. 27. Telegraphic communication established between France and England. Aug.— Sept. Failure of the third expedition of Gen. Lopez against Cuba; he and his followers taken prisoners; Lopez garotted and the rest sent prisoners to Spain where they were set at liberty after some negotiation. Oct. 4. Death of Don Manuel de Godoy the Prince of Peace at Paris. Oct. 29. Arrival of a British fleet at Rangoon owing to dis- putes having arisen between Great Britain and the Burmese empire. Oct. 31. Princess Louisa heiress to the throne of Sweden born. Nov. 4. Proposal of the French President to restore universal suffrage; rejected by the National Assembly Nov. 13. Nov. United States steam frigate Mississippi sent to Turkey for Kossuth ; receives him in the Dardanelles. Kossuth re- fused a passage through France ; arrives in New York Dec. 5. Dec. 2. The " coup d'etat." Louis Napoleon dissolves the Legislative Assembly, establishes universal suffrage, proposes the election of a French President for ten years and declares Paris in a state of siege. Dec. 3-4. Sanguinary conflicts in Paris ; the troops victorious. Dec. 19. Joseph William Mallord Turner, English landscape painter died aged 76 years. Dec. 21—22. Voting throughout France for the election of a President of the republic for ten years takes place ; affirma- tive votes 7,481,231 ; negative votes 640,737. Dec. 14. Principal room of the library of Congress destroyed by fire. 1852 Jan. 1. Roman Catholic clergy prohibited from holding of- fice in the Queen's Colleges in Ireland by the statutes of the synod of Thurles. Louis Napoleon installed at Notre Dame as President of France ; he takes up his official residence at the Tuileries. Jan. 10. Transportation of 575 persons to Cayenne by the French government for having opposed the " coup d'6tat." Jan. 12. The king of Prussia I'evives the council of state. Jan. 15. The French President promulgates a new constitu- tion ; the whole executive power to be vested in the Presi- dent, who is to be advised by a state council, a senate of no- bles and a completely powerless legislative assembly, whose transactions at the demand of five members may be secret. Jan. 23. Decree compelling the Orleans family to sell all their real and personal property in France within a year. The Ohio State House entirely consumed by fire. A. D. 1852 Jan. 25. Restoratioa of titles of nobility in France. Feb. 14. Turkey concludes a treaty with France respecting tho Holy Places of Palestine. Feb. 17. All national holidays, except the birthday (Aug. 15) of the Emperor Napoleon, abolished in France. Feb. 25. Death of Thomas Moore the national poet of Ire- land. Feb. 28. Lord Derby English Prime Minister. April 14. Rangoon, Burmah stormed and taken by the Brit- ish under Gen. Godwin. May 8. International treaty relative to the succession of the crown of Denmark signed at London. May 26. Dispute between Great Britain and the American Government respecting the alleged encroachments of Amer- ican vessels on the British fisheries. May 28. Opening of the Industrial Expedition at Berlin. June 1. Ireland connected with England by submarine tele- graph. June 29. Henry Clay, a distinguished American statesman died aged 75 years. He was elected speaker of the House of Representatives in 1811; appointed Secretary of State in 1824 and was three times an unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency. July 1. Discovery of a plot to assassinate the President of the French, at Paris. July 9. Capital punishment for political offences abolished in Portugal ; various reforms introduced. Aug. 8. Permission granted to M. Thiers and other exiles to return to France. Sept. 13. The French Senate prays " the re-establishment of the hereditary sovereign power in the Bonaparte family." Sept. 14. Death of Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington, aged 83 years. Oct. 24. Daniel Webster, one of the greatest statesmen and or- ators of the United States died aged 70 years. Nov. 18. The public funeral of the duke of Wellington takes place in London at an expense of £12,000. Nov. 21. France canvassed for votes regarding the restoration of the empire: — Ayes 7,839,552; noes ,54,501; null 63,- 669. Nov. 26. Address to the women of America on slavery adopted by the duchess. of Sutherland and signed by upwards of 500,- 000 Englishwomen. Dec. 2. The President of the French declared emperor of France by the title of Napoleon III. Death of Horatio Greenough, American sculptor and author. 1853 Jan. 4. Gen. Narvaez the Spanish Minister exiled to Vienna. English coalition IMinistry, and lord Aberdeen Prime Minister. Jan. 11. Caloric ship Ericsson makes her trial trip to the Po' tomac A. P. 1853 Jan. 29. Marriage of Napoleon III. with Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Teba, at the church of Notre Dame. Feb. 4. Pardon of 4,312 French political offenders. Feb. 18. Attempt to assassinate the emperor of Austria by Libney. March 4. Franklin Pierce inaugurated President of the United States. W. R. King sworn in as Vice President at Cumbre, Island of Cuba, Mar. 24; he died April 18. March 9. The Caffre war in Africa ends. March 12. Re-establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchj in Holland announced. The Dublin Industrial Exhibition opened. May 30. The ship " Advance " commanded by Dr. Kane, saiLi on an x\rctic expedition ; she returns Oct. 11, 1856. June 28. The income tax extended to Ireland. June 30. Conclusion of the Burmese war. July 2. A Russian army of occupation under the commaud of Prince Grortschakoff, enters the Danubian principalities. July 8. American expedition under Com. Perry arrives at Japan. July 14. The Porte protests against the occupation of the principalities by Russia. The Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations opened at New York. Aug. 22. Marriage of the duke of Brabant heir apparent of Belgium with the archduchess Maria of Austria, Sept. 7. The Taeping rebels, China, take Woochang Jan. 12, Amoy March 18, Nankin March 19, and Shanghai. Sept. 9. Remaining portion of "Table Rock" at the falls of Niagara breaks off. Sept. 26. A grand national council of the Turkish nations in- sists on the evacuation of the principalities by Russia. Oct. 5. Turkey declares war against Russia. Oct. 30. The British fleet enters the Bosphorus. Nov. 9. Inauguration of the Washington aqueduct. Nov. 15. Death of Maria II. of Portugal and accession of her son Pedro V. under the regency of his father. Treaty concluded between France and Spain for the protection of literary property. Nov. 20. Reconciliation of the two branches of the Bourbons at Fohrsdorf Dec. 16. Gren. Santa x\nna elected dictator of Mexico for life. He had formerly been President from 1833-1845. Dec. 19. King-consort recognized as regent of Pedro V. 1854. Jan 2. Silvio Pellico Italian patriot died a victim to Austrian tyranny aged 65 years. Jan. 4. Entrance of the allied fleets into the Black Sea at the request of the Porte. Jan. 6. The Turks victorious at Citate with a loss to the Rus- sians of 3,000 men. A. D. 1854 Feb. 17. John Martin English artist died aged 66 years, Feb. 22. The queen of Spain declares her whole kingdom in a state of siege owing to the hated interference of queen Chris- tina. Feb. 27. Ultimatum of England and France sent to St. Pe- tersburg. March 8. A commercial treaty concluded with the United States by Japan. March 12. Treaty of alliance signed at Constantinople between Great Britain, France and Turkey. March 19. The Czar " did not judge it suitable to give an an- swer." March 23. The Russians under Grortschakoif pass the Danube and occupy the Dobrudscha; severe conflict; the Turks re- tire. March 28. Declaration of war by England ana France against Russia. The Porte demands the Greek government to prevent its sub- jects from aiding the Alb:inian rebels, March 19; the de- mand rejected and war declared. April 20. Miss Dix's bill ameliorating the condition of the in- digent insane vetoed. April 22. Bombardment of Odessa by the English and French fleets. April 23. Manifesto of Nicholas I. of Russia, asserting that his only object in the war with Turkey is the defence of the Christian faith. April 24. Marriage of the Emperor of Austria to the Princess pjlizabeth of Bavaria. April 28. The Government of the United States announces its neutrality in the Eastern question. April 30. James Montgomery, Scottish poet died aged 83 years. May 18. The allied Powers declare Greece in a state of block- ade. June 7. A reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain conchided at Washington respecting Newfound- land fishery, international trade, etc. June 10. The Crystal Palace opened at London. June 28. A military insurrection, headed by Gen. O'Donnell breaks out in Spain ; Madrid declared in a state of siege. July 13. Bombardment of Greytown, Central America, by a United States man-of-war, in retaliation for an insult ofi"ered to the American Consul by the Spaniards. July 17. An insurrection breaks out at Madrid, in conse- quence of the unpopularity of the Queen-mother; she is compelled to leave the kingdom. July 19. Espartero, Duke of Victory, placed at the head of ajffairs by the Queen of Spain; end of the Spanish rebellion July 24. An amnesty published by the queen of Spain. A. D. 1854 Sept. C. The Prussian government after much vacillation de- clares its intention to remain neutral in the Eastern question • Sept. 14. The Allies land at Old Fort in the Crimea. 25,000 British, 25,000 French and 8,000 Turks. Sept. 20. Battle of Alma, Crimea ; Allies victorious. Evacuation of the Danubian Principalities by the Russians. Sept. 23. The Russian fleet sunk in the harbor of Sebastopn] by Menschikoff". Sept. 26. Balaclava occupied by the British. Sept. 29. Death of Marshal St. Arnaud, the French comman- der-in-chief, in the Crimea. Oct. 17. Siege of Sebastopol commences. Oct 25. Battle of Balaclava, Crimea. Nov. 5. Battle of Inker man n, Russian loss 9,000. Nov. 18. Edward Forbes, English naturalist died aged 39 years. Nov. 25. John Kitto, English biblical scholar died aged 50 years. Dec. 2. Austria enters into an alliance with Great Britain and France. Dec. 8. The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary made an article of faith by the Roman Catholic Church, by a bull promulgated. Dec. 30. All the slaves of the Portuguese croAvn declared free. Death of J. Harrington, last survivor of the battle of Lexing- ton. 1855 Jan. 26. Sardinia joins England and France against Russia. Jan. 29. England. Resignation of the Aberdeen Ministry. Feb. 3. The Spanish Cortes declare the people the sole source of power. Feb. 8. Liberty of worship denied in Spain. Feb. 12. Lord Palmerston English Prime Minister. Feb. 17. Battle of Eupatoria, Crimea. Feb. 28. The Roman Catholic religion established by law in Spain, but all ci'eeds tolerated. March 2. Death of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia ; acces- sion of Alexander II. ; no change of policy. March 10. Death of Don Carlos at Trieste. March 15. The Conference of the four great Powers on the Eastern question commenced at Vienna. The conference terminated without producing any satisfactory result, June 4. March 21. General fast day throughout England in conse- quence of the Russian war. March 31. Charlotte Bronte, English novelist died aged 39 years. May 9. A Sardinian army of 10,000 men lands in the Crimea, under General La Marmora. May 15. The Industrial Exhibition opened at Paris. June 6. Sebastopol a third time bombarded. June 17. Sebastopol a fourth time bombarded. A. D. 1855 June 18. The Allies repulsed at the Malakhoff and the Ke dan. June 24. Hyde l^ark riots against Lord Grosvenor's Sunday Trading Bill. June 28. Death of Lord Raglan of England. July 6. Dispute between Great Britain and the American gov- ernment regarding the enlistment of American citizens to serve in the English army. Aug. 16. Battle of Tchernaya, Crimea; Russians defeated. Aug. 18. Austria concludes a concordat with Rome, by which the Pope receives almost absolute power in Austria. Aug. 18-27. Visit of queen Victoria to the emperor of the French. Sept. — The French take the MalakhoflF; the English assault the Redan without success ; the Russians retire from Sebas- tapol to the north forts and the Allies enter the city ; the Russians destroy or sink the remainder of their fleets. Sept. 16. Pedro V. assumes the government of Portugal. Sept. 29. The Russians defeated by the French in a cavalry action at Eupatoria. The Turkish garrison of Kars under Gen. Williams repulses the Russians. Oct. 2. The king of Denmark publishes a new constitution. Nov. 3. Passmore Williamson released from jail where he had been three months in the Wheeler slave case. Nov. 6. The Turks under Omar Pasha defeat the Russians and force the passage of the Ingour. Nov. 11. An insurrection breaks out again at Saragossa. Nov. 21. A treaty signed by France and England with Swe- den, by which the latter power engages' to cede no territory to Russia and receives the promise of assistance from the other powers in the event of Russian aggression. Nov. 25. Capitulation of Kars. Dec. 8. Abdication of Santa Anna dictator of Mexico ; he is succeeded by Martin Carrera, who abdicates and is succeeded by Alvarez, Sept. 12 j Alvarez abdicates and is succeeded by Comonfort. Dec. 16. Proposals of peace, approved by the Allies, sent to St. Petersburg by Austria. Dec. 18. Death of Samuel Rogers, English poet. Dec. 23. British Arctic vessel Resolute found and brought to New London by an American whaler. 1856 Feb. 2. N. P. Banks, Jr. of Mass. elected speaker of the House of Representatives of U. S. after a contest of nine weeks by a plurality of three votes. Feb. 25. The plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Great Brit- ain, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey (Prussia being afterwards admitted) meet at Paris and agree to an armistice to continue in force till the 31st of March. Feb. 29. A susnension of hostilities agreed upon in the Crimea. A. D. 1856 March 30. Treaty of Paris between Russia and Turkey, Great Britain, France and Sardinia. This treaty consisted of thirty, four articles. Turkey was admitted into the European sys- tem and the contracting parties guaranteed its independence. The freedom of the Danube was secured, the rectification of the Russian frontier in Bessarabia promised and the " status quo ante bellum " in Asia determined upon. March 31. The property of the ecclesiastics in Mexico seques- trated. April 17. Quebec made the seat of the Canadian government. May 22. Senator Sumner of Mass. assaulted in the U. S. Sen- ate by Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina. Ma}'^ 27. A political amnesty granted to the Poles by Alexan- der II. of Russia. May 28. The British envoy to the United States ordered to quit Washington. June 24. The President of the United States recognizes the filibuster Gen. Walker as President of Nicaragua. July 9. The Crimea evacuated. The English lost : killed in action and died of wounds about 3,500 ; died of cholera, 4,- 244; of other diseases nearly 16,000; total loss nearly 24,- 000 (including 270 officers); 873 were disabled. The war added to the national debt £41.04L000. - The French lost about 63,500 men ; the Russians about 500,000. The army sufiered greatly by sickness. July 12. A decree of amnesty for the Hungarian political ofi"enders of 1848 and 1849 published by the Austrian gov- ernment. July 14. Resignation of the Espartero ministry, which is suc- ceeded by that of Gen. O'Donuell; tumults at Madrid. Sept. 1. Sir Richard Westmacott, English sculptor died aged 81 years. Sept. 7. Coronation of Alexander II. of Russia at Moscow. Oct. 12. Resignation of the O'Donnell administration in Spain ; Gen. Narvaez placed at the head of affairs. Nov. 1. Commencement of war between England and Persia. Nov. 4. James Buchanan, the pro-slavery candidate, elected to the presidency of the United States, after a severe contest with Col. Fremont, the representative of the anti-slavery party. Dec. 2. A treaty defining the frontier line between Spain and France signed at Bayounc. Dec 24. Death of Hugh Miller. Scotti.=h geologist. 1857. Jan 2. Andrew Ure M. D., Scottish chemist and writer on chemistry died aged 79 years. Feb. 12. George Peabody gives 6300,000 to establish a free literary and scientific institute at Baltimore. March 4. James Buchanan inaugurated President and John C. Breckenridge Vice President of the United States. A. treaty of peace between England and Persia signed at Paris. A. D. 1857 Diplomatic relations between Austria and Sardinia broken off. March 6. The Dred Scott decision delivered by Chief Justice Taney. It is proclaimed that "negroes have no rights" which white men are bound to respect. April 11. First intelligence of the Indian mutiny received in England. May 2. Louis Charles Alfred de Musset, one of the most cel- ebrated of modern French poets died aged 47 yeais. May 5. The Art Treasures Exhibition opened at Manchester by Prince Albert. May 12. The Sepoy mutineers establish their head-quarters at Delhi, and proclaim the king of Delhi Emperor. May 27. The British troops under Gen. Anson advance on Delhi. Martial law proclaimed in India. June 1. Total destruction of the Chinese fleet in Canton waters by the English under Commodore Elliot, May 25 and 27 and by Sir M. Seymour. June 8. Douglas Jerrold, English humorist, novelist and dra- matic writer died aged 54 years. June 14. A commercial treaty signed by Russia with France. June 25. Surrender of the Briti^-h at Cawnpore, India, to Na- na Sahib, by whom they are nearly all murdered the following day. June. The Indian mutiny spreads throughout Bengal. July 4. The Indian rebels commence the siege of the residency at Lucknow July 1 ; death of Sir Henry Lawrence. June 17. Cawnpore recaptured by General Havelock. July 19. Battle of Bithoor; Sepoy rebels defeated by Have- lock. July 25. Revolt at Dinapore; British repulsed at Arrah, Hin- dostan. Aug. 3. Eugene Sue, French novelist died aged 53 years. Aug. 6-10. Visit of Napoleon III. and Empress to England. Aug. 24. General financial panic begins in the United States. Sept. 8. Loss of the " Central America" and 450 lives. Sept. 14-20. Storming and capture of Delhi, India, by the British. The king of Delhi captured Sept. 21 ; his son and grandson slain by Col. Hodson Sept. 22. Sept. 23. Commencement of the religious revival in the United States. Sept. 25. Meeting of the emperors of France and Russia at Stuttgardt. Sept. 26. The besieged residency at Lucknow relieved by Sir Henry Havelock, Sept. 25 ; Sir James Outram left in com- mand. Sept. Religious riots break out at Belfast, owing to the Roman Catholics opposing the attempt of some Protestant ministers to introduce open-air preaching. Oct. 13. Commercial panic in New York. AD. 1857 Oct. 26, A new ministry formed in Spain under Admiral Ar mero. Oct. 29. Death of the French general Cavaignac. Nov. 9. " Lecompton Constitution " adopted by the Kansas convention. Nov. 12. Grreat commercial panic in England; suspension of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Nov. 17. The besieged residency at Lucknow rescued from the Indian rebels by the British forces under Sir Colin Campbell, Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Havelock. Nov. 22. Lucknow evacuated by the British. Nov. 25. Death of Sir Henry Havelock a distinguished Brit- ish general. Nov. 28. Birth of the Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne of Spain. Dec. 6. Battle of Cawnpore. On the breaking out of the Sepoy rebellion in 1857, the English residents including women and children about 900 persons, were besieged within a narrow entrenchment by the native soldiers who had re- volted. After a heroic but uusuccessful defence, the rebel leader " Nana Sahib," on the 24th of June consented to let them proceed unmolested to Allahabad if they surrendered their treasury and war material. But no sooner had they embarked than they were fired upon by the rebels and all who were not killed were taken back to Cawnpore. Other prisoners were brought in and all barbarously slaughtered July 15. Havelock defeated the rebels July 16 and next day entered the town, when the horrors that had been enact«d became known. On the 6th of Dec. Sir John Campbell arrived with a force of 25,000 strong and completely routed the rebels. Dec. 8. Theobald Matthew, Irish Roman Catholic died aged 67 years. Better known as Father Matthew the Apostle of Temperance. Dec. Commercial failures in one year ending Dec. 25, 1857 amount to 5,123. Liabilities ^291,757,000. 1858 Jan. 5. Canton bombarded and taken by the English and French Dec. 28-29, 1857 ; entrance of the victors who capture Commissioner Yeh and other authorities. Jan. 14. Xavier d'lsturitz is placed at the head of Spanish affairs. Jan. 25. Marriage of Prince Frederick William, eldest son of the Crown Prince of Prussia, with the Princess Boyal of England. Feb. Benito Juarez declared Constitutional President of Mex- ico at Vera Cruz ; civil war ensues. Feb. 14. The United States army defeat the Mormona in an engagement at Eco-Cannians, Utah. Jan 27-March 19. Trial of the king of Delhi, who is sen- tenced to transportation. A.. D. 1858 March 21. Sir Colia Campbell marches to Lucknow, Feb. 11 ; the siege commences March 8 ; and the city finally captured. March 28. Nicaragua places herself under the protection of the United States. March 30. Gen. Roberts takes Kotah, India, from the Sepoy rebels. April 4. Sir Hugh Rose takes Jhansi, India, and severely defeats the Sepoy rebels. April 15. Marshal Pelijsier appointed French ambassador at the Court of St. James. April 30. The " English Kansas bill " passed both Houses of Congress. May 23. Minnesota State Government organized at St. Paul. June 15. Massacre of the Christian inhabitants at Jeddah. The Mohammedans attacked the Christian residents, and murdered upwaids of twenty, including the English vice- consul and the wife of the French consul. Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter of the French school died, aged 63 years. June 28. Property qualification of members of the English Parliament abolished. July 1. Gen. O'Donnell again placed at the head of Spanish affairs. Aug. 5. Completion of the Atlantic telegraph. Aug. 7. Ottawa made the capital of Canada. Aug. 26. Treaty of commerce and friendship between the Ty- coon of Japan and Great Britain. Sept. 1, The government of the East India Company ceases. Oct. 7. The Crown Prince of Prussia appointed regent during the king's life. Oct. 9. Treaty of friendship between France and Japan. Nov. 1. The queen of England proclaimed sovereign of India, Lord Canning receiving the title of Viceroy. Dec. 23. A revolution breaks out in Hayti; Faustin I. deposed and a republic proclaimed under the presidency of Geffrard. Dec. 31. Russia concludes a commercial treaty with Great Britain. 1859 Jan. 27. Birth of Frederick William Victor Albert eldest son of the Princess Royal of Prussia. Jan. 28. William Hickling Prescott, American historian died aged 63 years. Jan. 30. Marriage of the Princess Clotilde eldest daughter of Victor Emanuel II. to Prince Napoleon cousin of the empe- ror of the French. Feb. 2. General Miguel Miramon elected President of Mexico by the revolutionary junta Jan. 6 ; abdication of Zuloaga. April 11. Entrance of General Miramon into Mexico; he as- sumes the presidency, and governs without respect to th ) laws of life or property. April 23. Departure of the French army from Paris for Italy. A. D. 1859 April 25. A French force disembarks at Genoa to the assist- anco of the Sardinians. April 29. Victor Emanuel II. of Sardinia takes command of his army in per-son having confid jd his government to pi-ince Eugene of Savoy, his cousin. April 30. Victor Emanuel II. declines the dictatorship of Tus- cany, but accepts the command of the Tuscan forces. May 3. France declares war against Austria. Ma}» 5. Charles llobert Leslie, English painter died aged 65. May 6. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt, Prus- sian naturalist and traveler died aged 90 years. May 10. Napoleon III. leaves Paris to assume the command of the army in Italy ; the empress appointed regent in his absence. May 20. Battle of Montebello, Piedmont; Austrians defeated. May 22. Death of Ferdinand II. king of the two Sicilies. May 25. Tuscany joins France and Sardinia against Austria. May 30-31. Battle of Palestro ; Austrians deleated. June 4. Battle of Magenta ; the French and Sardinian army commanded by Louis Napoleon defeats the Austrians. June 5. Death of Prince Metternich, Austrian statesman. June 7. David Cox, English water-color landscape painter died aged 76 years. June 8. Louis Napoleon III. and Victor Emanuel enter Milan and proclaim the annexation of Lombardy to Sardinia. June 11. The Austrian army crosses the Adda and enters the Quadrilateral. June 18. The Derby Ministry of England defeated on the Re- form Bill; Parliament dissolved iKpril 23; resignation of the Ministry June 11 ; formation <)f the Palmerston-Russell ad- ministration. June 24. Battle of Solferino, L>jmbardy ; Austrians defeated. Armistice agreed upon to July 6. June-July. Great religious revival in Ireland. July 8. Death of king Oscar of Sweden, and accession of his son Charles XV. July 11. Treaty of Villafranca. I*reliminaries of peace were signed here between the Emperor of Austria and the Empe- ror of the Freuch. July 13. Juarez, constitutional President uf Mexico, confiscates the ecclesiastical property of his kingdom. July 14. Denmark connected with Great Britain by submarine telegraph. July 16. Napoleon III. returns to Paris. July 17. Death of Queen Consort of Portugal. July 21. Abdication of Leopold II. Grand Duke of Tuscany, in favor of his son Ferdinand IV. July 31. Persecution of the Christians in Caudia by Turkey. Aug. 8. The tribes of the Caucasus reduced to subjection by Kussia. AD. 1859 Aug. 16. Tuscany declares in favor of a united kingdom of Italy under the sceptre of Victor Emanuel. Aug. 28. Leigh Hunt, English poet, essayist and miscellane- ous writer died aged 75 years. 8ept. 7. Capture of the Circassian leader Schamyl. Under their leader Schamyl the Circassians strenuously resisted Russian domination till his capture Sept. 7, 1859. Vaidar, their last stronghold, capitulated to the Russians in 1864. The Circassians now, to the number of nearly 1,000,000, left their country for Turkey, and many died from privation on the shores of the Black Sea. Sept. 28. Carl Ritter, Prussian geographer died aged 80 years. Oct. 3. J. Y. Mason U. S. Minister to France died at Paris. Oct. 17. A negro insurrection breaks out at Harper's Ferry. John Brown with a score of followers crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry and entered Virginia, where he incited the slaves to take up arras against their masters. After a short time Brown was captured and formally tried for treason ; foujjd guilty, he bore his misfortune with the greatest com- posure and when asked upon the scaffold to give a sign when he was ready he answered " I am always ready." He died in the midst of slaves and slave owners — his countrymen ; and now no countryman of his can look at his place of execu- tion and call himself a slave owner or a slave. Oct. 22. Spain declares war against Morocco. Oct. 23. Indecisive battle between the forces of the Argentine Republic and of Buenos Ayres, near the city of Buenos Ay res. Nov 28. Death of Washington Irving, American novelist and historical writer. Dec. 8. Thomas de Quincey, English writer died aged 74. Dec. 28. Death of Lord Macaulay. Deaths in the United States this year. George W. Doane Epis- copal bishop of New Jersey, poet, etc. aged 60 years. Rufua Choate, jurist, advocate and senator aged 60 years. Horace Mann, statesman and educationist aged 63 years. 1860 Jan 15. Count Cavour again placed at the head of Sardinian affairs. Jan. 16. Count Cavour undertakes the formation of a new Italian ministry. Jan. 20. Sir William Ross, English portrait painter died ag< d 66 years. Feb. 1. Pennington of N. J. elected speaker of the House of Representatives after balloting nearly two months. Feb. 25. The French government demands the cession ,)f Sa- voy from Italy. March 18. ^Emilia annexed to Sardinia. March 22. The annexation of Tuscany to Sardinia effected. March 26. Pope Pius IX. excon^municates all who have taket) any part in the rebellion of his provinces. 10 A. D. 1860 April 3. Count of Montemolin eldest son of the late Don Car- los proclaimed king of Spain at Tortosa by Gen. Ortega ; the rebellion opposed by his own troops. April 23. A democratic convention in the United States as- sembles at Charleston to secure the election of Stephen A. Douglas as President. April 25. Admission of Jews to judicial appointments in Prus- sia. April 26. Peace definitively concluded between Spain and Mo- rocco. May 1. Appeal of Pope Pius TX. to the Roman Catholics of every nation for a loan of 50,000,000 francs. May 2. An amnesty proclaimed by the Spanish government in favor of political offenders. May 9. Gen. Zuloaga deposes Miramon. and assumes the pres- idency of Mexico May 1 ; arrested by Miramon. May 14. Embarkation of Garibaldi lor Sicily at Genoa May 5 J lands at Marsala May 10; and assumes the dictatorship of the island in the name of King Victor Emanuel II. May 15. Battle of Calatifimi ; Neapolitans defeated by Gari- baldi. May 16. The Republican convention of the United States assembles at Chicago, and nominates Abraham Lincoln of 111. for the Presidency, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for Vice President. May 27. Capture of Palermo by Garibaldi. May 28. JMassacre of the Maronites in the neighborhood of Beyrout and the Lebanon by the Druses. June 3. Terrible tornado in Iowa and Illinois. June 8. Evacuation of L'pper Italy by the French troops. June 9. George Payne Rainsford James, English novelist and miscellaneous writer died. aged 59 years. June 14. The French take possession of their Piedmontese acquisitions. Battle of Melazzo, Italy ; Neapolitans defeated by Garibaldi. June 21. Another massacre of the Maronites takes place Hoar Beyrout and the Lebanon. June 24. Death of Prince Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. June 26. Francis II. king of the Two Sicilies proclaims a general amnesty, and promises a liberal ministry. July 7. Dr. Hayes' Arctic expedition sails from Boston. July 9, &c. Massacre of numerous Christians at Damascus. July 28. Garibaldi concludes a truce with the Neapolitans who agree to evacuate Sicily, retaining the castle of Messina. Aug. 3. A convention entered into between the five great powers to restore order in Syria and to revenge th-a late mas- sacres of the Christians. Aug. 4. A French force sent to Syria to protect the Christians. Aug. 12. The second Chinese war begins. Aug. 19. Departure of Garibaldi from Sicily for Italy. A. D. I860 Aug. 20, &c. Fuad Pasha invested with plenary powers to punish the assassins in Syria; he punishes those implicated in the massacres of the Christians at Damascus very severely 167 of all ranks including the governor being executed. Aug. 21. Rebellion of the Neapolitan provinces Aug. 17 ; Gar- ibaldi lands in Naples and occupies Reggio Au° . 19- the fort of Reggio surrenders to him. Aug. 27. Garibaldi accepts the title of Dictator of the Two Sicilies. Sept. 7. Departure of Francis II. king of the Two Sicilies from Naples Sept 6; entrance of Garibaldi. Sept. 9. Victor Emanuel proclaimed king of Italy at Naples. Sept. 15. Garibaldi expels the Jesuits from Naples, and declares the States of the Crown national property July 24-Sept. 20. Visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States and Canada. Sept. 18-21. Advance of the allied English and French forces towards Pekin ; battles of Chang-kia-wan and Pa-li-chau. Oct. 1. Defeat of the Neapolitans by Garibaldi at Volturno. Oct. 18. Garibaldi publishes a decree stating that Naples ought to be incorporated with the Italian kingdom. Oct. 21. The Neapolitans vote in favor of the annexation of their country to the Sardinian States. A new constitution promulgated by the " Imperial Diploma " of the Emperor of Austria. Oct. 26. Protest of Spain against the Sardinian invasion of the territories of the Pope ; she recalls her minister from Turin. Oct. Advance of the French and Turks against Lebanon: surrender of fourteen Emirs. Nov. 3. Sicily votes by a large majority (432,054 for and 667 against) for annexation to Sardinia. Commencement of the siege of Gaeta, Naples. Battle of Gar- igliano. Nov 5. Evacuation of Pekin by the allied English and French forces. Deaths in the United States this year. Samuel G. Goodrich, "Peter Parley," author, aged 67 years. Chauncy A. Good- rich, scholar and divine aged 70 years. Theodore Parker, Unitarian clergyman and author aged 50 years. J. Addieon Alexander, theologian and commentator aged 51 years. Twelfth Period. from the great rebellion to may 1891. A.D. 1860 Nov. 6. Abratam Lincoln of Illinois, and Hannibal Hamlii of Maine, elected President and Vice President of tbe U. S. by the votes of all the northern states except New Jersey, which chose 4 electors for Douglas and 3 for Lincoln. This election is made the pretext for rebellion and secession of the cotton states. Nov. 7. The news of Mr. Lincoln's election received at Charles- ton, South Carolina, with cheers for a Southern Confeder- acy. The "Palmetto Flag" hoisted on the vessels in the harbor. Nov. 9. An attempt to seize the arms in Fort Moultrie. Nov. 10. A bill was introduced into the South Carolina Legis- lature to raise and equip 10,000 men. The Legislature also ordered the election of a convention, to consider the question of secession. Jas. Chester, United States Senator from South Cai'olina, resigned. Nov. 11. Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, resigned. Nov. 18. Georgia Legislature appropriated SI, 000, 000 to arm the state. Major Anderson sent to Fort Moultrie to relieve Colonel Gardner. Dec. 1. Florida Legislature ordered the election of a conven- tion. Great secession meeting in Memphis. Dec. 3. Congress met. The President denied the right of a state to secede, and asserted the right of the general govern- ment to coerce a seceding state. Dec. 10. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, resigned. Senator Clay, of Alabama, resigned. Dec. 13. An extra session of the Cabinet was held to consider the question of reinforcing Fort Moultrie ; the President op- posed it, and reinforcements were not sent. Dec. 14. General Cass, Secretary of State, resigned. Dec. 18. The Crittenden Compromise introduced in the United States Senate. Dec. 20. South Carolina Convention adopted a secession ordi- nance; the vote unanimous. Dec. 22. The Crittenden Compromise voted down in the Sen- ate committee of thirteen. Dec. 24. South Carolina members of Congi-ess resigned. Dec. 26. Major Anderson left Fort Moultrie and took posses- sion of Fort Sumter. He had with him only 111 men. South Carolina Commissioners arrived in Washington. The President refused to see them. Dec. 27. Revenue cutter, William Aiken, surrendered to the South Carolina authorities. Dec. 28. South Carolina seized the Government property in Chavleston, took possession of Castle Pinckney and Ft. Moultrie. Dec. 29. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, resigned. Dec. 31. South Carolina sent commissioners to the slave states to make arrangements for a Southern Confederacy. Deaths during the year in the U. S. J. A. Alexander, W. E. Burton, C. A. Goodrich, S. Gr. Good- rich, Theodore Parker, J. K. Paulding, W. C Preston. Deaths in Europe during the same year : Sir C. Barry, Lady Noel Byron, G. P. R. James, Anna Jame son, Jullien, Sir W. Napier, Baden Powell, H. H. Wilson. 1861 Jan. 2. Governor Ellis of North Carolina took possession of Fort Macon. Georgia troops seized Forts Pulaski and Jack- son, and the United States arsenal at Savannah. Jan. 4. Governor Moore of Alabama seized Fort Morgan and the United States arsenal at Mobile. Fast day, by proclamation of the President. Jan. 8. Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, resigned. Jan. 9. The steamer. Star of the West, fired on by rebel bat- teries in Charleston harbor, and driven back. Mississippi Convention passed secession ordinance by vote of 84 to 15. Jan. 10. Florida Convention adopted an ordinance of secession by a vote of 62 to 7 : Florida seized Fort McRae. Jan. 11. Alabama seceded; vote in Convention, ayes 61, noes 39. P. B. Thomas, Secretary of the Treasury, resigned, and was succeeded by John A. Dix of New York Jan. 13. Florida troops take possession of the Pensacola Navy Yard and Fort Barancas. Jan. 18. The Legislature of Virginia appropriated $1,000,000 for the defense of the state. Jan. 19. Georgia adopted a secession ordinance by vote of 208 to 89. Jan. 21. Members of Congress from Alabama resigned. Jef- ferson Davis resigned his seat in the Senate. Jan. 23. Georgia members of Congress resigned. Jan. 24. The rebels seized the U. S. arsenal at Augusta, Georgia. Jan. 26. Louisiana Legislature passed secession ordinance by vote of 113 to 17. Jan. 30. North Carolina Legislature submitted the conven- tion question to the people. This was the first instance of the will of the people being consulted in regard to the question of secession. The revenue cutters Cass, at Mobile, and McLelland, at New Orleans, surrendered to the rebel authorities. Feb. 1. Texas Convention passed an ordinance of secession by vote of 166 to 7, to be submitted to the people. The Louisiana authorities seized the Mint and Custom House at New Orleans. Feb. 4. Delegates from the seceded states met at Montgom- ery, Alabama, to organize a confederate government. Peace Congress met at Washington ; ex-President Tyler was' AD 180] ehoseu President. A stormy session followed, accomplishing no good result. ^ ° Feb. 8. The U. S. arsenal at Little Rock surrendered to Ar- Feb. 9. Jefferson Davis and A. H. Stevens elected provisional President and Vice President of the Southern Confederacy. ^^^■.^^\ ,Ji^6 electoral vote counted. Abraham Lincoln re- ceived 180 votes, Stephen A. Douglas 12, John C. Brecken- ridge 72, and John Bell 39. Gaeta surrenders to Victor Emanuel's troops. The king of Naples escapes on board a French frigate JLND OF THE Bourbon Rule in Italy. Feb. — The Italian Parliament declares Victor Emanuel King op Italy. l^l' io" J!"""^ Kearney, Kansas, seized by the rebels. J^eb. ^o. General Twiggs surrendered Government property in Texas, valued at ^L200,000, to the rebels. ^ ^ ^ March 1. General Twiggs expelled from the army. Peace Congress adjourned. March 4. Inauguration of Lincoln, President U S The ordinance of secession passed by the Texas Convention and subniitted to the people, having been adopted by a majority of about 40,000, the Convention declared the state out of the Union. Mai-ch 5. General Beauregard took command of the troops at Charleston. ^ March 6 Fort Brown on the Rio Grande was surrendered by special agreement. The Federal troops evacuated the fort and sailed for Key West and Tortugas. March 28. Vote of Louisiana on secession made public For secession 20,448, against it 17.926. March 30. Mississippi Convention ratified the Confederate Constitution by a vote of 78 to 7. March 31. Italy recognized by England. April 3. South Carolina Convention ratified the Confederate Constitution by a vote of 114 to 16. April 7. All intercourse between Fort Sumter and Charleston stopped by order of Beauregard. The steamer Atlantic sailed from New York with troops and supplies. ^ April 12. Bombardment of Fort Sumter commenced by the rebels. "^ April 13. The bombardment of Fort Sumter continued • early in the day the oflicers' quarters were fired by a shell ; by noon most of the wood work was on fire ; Sumter's fire was almost silenced when General Wigfall came with a flag of truce and arrangements were made for evacuating the fort. April 14. Major Anderson and his men sailed for New York. April 15. The President issued a proclamation commanding all persons m arms against the Government to disperse with'^ A. D 1861 in twenty days; also calling for 75,000 volunteers. The New York Legislature authorized the raising of $3,000,000 for their equipment and support. April 16. The Governors of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri, refused to furnish troops under the President's proclamation. The Confederate Government called for 32,- 000 men. April 17. Virginia Convention adopted secession ordinance in secret session by a vote of 60 to 53, to be submitted to the people on the fourth Thursday of May. Forces were sent to seize the U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and the Gosport Navy Yard. Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation offering letters of marque and reprisal to all who wished to engage in privateering. April 18. U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry destroyed by Lieu- tenant Jones, to prevent its falling into the hands of the en- emy. Colonel Coke with 400 men of the 25th Pennsylvania regiment arrived in Washington. These were the first troops toenter the city for its defence. April 19. Steamer Star of the West, seized by the rebels at Indianola, Texas. The 6th Massachusetts regiment, while passing through Balti- more, was attacked by a mob; two soldiers were killed. The troops fired upon the mob, killing eleven and wounding many. President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the ports of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in a state of blockade. April 20. The U. S. arsenal at Liberty, Mo. seized by the se- cessionists and the arms distributed among the surrounding counties. The Gosport Navy Yard destroyed by General McCauley, to keep it from the rebels ; the war vessels Dela- ware, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Germantown, Merrimac, Rar- itan. Dolphin and United States were scuttled and set on fire ; the Cumberland was towed out. The 4th Massachusetts regiment arrived at Fortress Monroe. April 21. Federal Government took possession of the Phila- delphia and Baltimore Railroad. Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennesee, mobbed at Lynchburg, Va. Harper's Ferry ar senal burned by its garrison. April 22. U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C, seized by the rebels. Arkansas seized the arsenal at Napoleon. April 24. Fort Smith, Arkansas, seized by the rebels under Senator Boland. April 25. Major Libby surrendered 450 U. S. troops to the rebel Colonel Van Dorn, at Saluria, Texas. Governor Letcher proclaims Virginia a member of the Southern Confederacy. April 27. The blockade extended to the ports of North Caro- lina and Virginia. All ofl&cers of the army were required to take the oath of allegiance. I8i!l April 29. Tho >(arvlaiul Uousoof iVlopiti^s votod a^'aiust 86- oo:>8ion, l>o to li>. May 1. North Carolina Louislatiuv pa^ssod a hill oallins; a StiUo Couvontion to moot on tho L'Oth of May. Tho Lo^is- laturo ot'Tonnossoo patv^od an aot, in soori't so'sj*ion. authorii- JDi: tho Governor to torm a loairno with tho Sontliorn Cou- t'oiioraoY. Proisidout J.inoivln oallod for 42,000 throo yoars voluntoors ; 22.000 trwps for tho regular arujy and is!000 soanion. 3Iay 4. Gon. MoOlollau plaood in oonmiand oi" tho dopartmout. of Ohio, comprising tho st;itos of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. May 5. (.lou. Hutlor t^H^k possos«jiou of tho l\olay llovi!«o. Maryland. May 0. Arkans;is Convention passed an ordinance of sect\<5sion. hy yoteof t;0 to 1. Tennessee Legislature adopted socossiuj ordinance in secret session, to bo submitted to a vote of tna people. May 11. Blockade of Charleston, S. C, established by tho steamer Niagara. ^lav lo. Queen Victoria's pivclamatiou of " NKUTKALiTY " in tQc American conflict. May 10. General Scott ordered the fortification of Arlington Hights. May IS.^ Military Department of \'irginia created, compris- ing Eastern Virginia. North and South Carolina; head- quarters at lun-tress Monroe, commander. Ceueral Hutler. May 20. Telegraphic disjvUches throughout tho North seised by order of the Government. North Carolina secession or- dinance adopted. Governor Magoffin proclaimed the ntu- trality of Kentucky. May 21. Tennesc>ee secedes. May 22. Fortifications of Ship Islaud destroyed to keep thwu from the enemy. May 24. Thirteen thousand troops crossed tho Potomac into \ irginia. Aloxandri.i oi-cupied by Federal troops. Colonel Ellsworth shot by Jackson ; the murderer was instiiutly kilW. .\rlington Ilights occupied by I'nion tunips. May 20. The port of New Orleans was blockaded by the sliH)p of war Brooklyn. All jH>staJ service in the seceded stains suspended. Jane 1. Lieutenant Tompkins, with 47 men, attacked the rebels at Fairfax Court House, killing Captain Marr and smv- eral others. Union loss, two killed. " The steamers Freeborn and Anaoosta engaged the batteries at Aquia Creek, the second time. June 3. Colonel Kelly deieatcd the rebels at Phillippi, Va., killing 15 ; Colonel Kelly was severely wounded. Hon. S. A. IVugla*; died at Chicago. General Beauregard arrived and assumed coumiaud of the Oun federate forces at Mauussjts Juuctiou, Va. AT) . ,,, . 18GI June 10. Battle of IJig Bethel. Three rejrimerjt- of l.riior, troopH, under the cnnrnitrjd of Gen Vu-.tcm, v/ere defeat<'«J with a \(m of IG killed, among them Major Wiuthrop, aud 41 wounded. Neutrality in the American o^nflict proclaimed by NapoWiU III. June 14. iiebehj evacuatmmand in yarwyn of the army in Western Virginia. June 23 Forty-eight locomotives belonging Vt the Baltimore and Ohio Puiilroad, valued at 8400,000, were destroyed by the rebels. June 24. The United States gunboat. Pawnee, attacked the re'rxjl battery at Mathias Point. A spy arn^sted at Wash- ington with full details of the number of tro the command of the West- ern Department, consisting of the state of Illinois and the states and territories west of the Mi.ssi.«.sippi and east of the Ptocky Mountainsj. Headquarters at St. Jjouis. July 10. Skirmi.shingat Laurel Hill, Virginia; rebels defeat- ed. Union los-f 2 killed and 2 wounded. July 11. J. M. Ma.son and R. M. Hunter of Va., T. L. Cling- ham and Thomas Bra;.'g of North Carolina, L. T. Wigfall and J. U. Hemphill of Texas, C. B. Mitchell and W. K. Se- AD. 1861 bastiaa of Arkansas and 0. A. S. Nicholson of Tennessee, expelled from the U. S. Senate. July 12. Battle of Rich 3Iountain. The Federal troops, un- der command of Col. Rosecrans, defeated the enemy under Col. Pegram. Rebel loss 150 killed and wounded, and 800 prisoners. July 13. The Confederates under Gen. Garnett, were defeat- ed at Carriek's Ford, Virginia. The rebel General Garnett was killed. Union loss 2 killed and 10 wounded. Battle of Screytown, Va. The Federals under Colonel Lowe, were defeated with a loss of 9 killed and 40 wounded and missing. July 16. Tilgham, a negro, killed three of a rebel prize crew on the S. J. "Warring, and brought the vessel into New York. President Lincoln authorized to call out the militia and ac- cept the services of 500.000 men. July 18. Fight at Blackburn Ford. The Federal troops un- der command of Gen. Tyler made the attack, but after three hours' fighting were ordered back to Centerville ; their loss was 19 killed and 64 wounded and missing. The Department of Maryland created, and General John A. Dix placed in command, headquarters at Baltimore. July 19. Gen. Banks superseded Gen. Patterson, headquarters in the field. July 20. The Confederate Congress met at Richmond, July 21. Battle of Bull Run. The army of the Potomac, about 45,000 strong, under command of Brig. Gen. McDow- ell, which left Washington July 17, attacked or Eno-land in the British steamer Rinaldo. " Jan. 4. Gen. Milroy defeated the rebels at Huntersville Va and captured $80,000 worth of stores. Jan. 6. Pope Pius TX. pronounces an aUocution at Rome in lavor ot the temporal power. Jan 7. Rebels defeated at Romney. Jan 8. Gen. Palmer defeated the rebels at Silver Creek, Mo Union loss 4 killed and 18 wounded. '^^AT ^^i , Col. Garfield defeated the rebels under Humphrey Marshall at Prestonburg, Ky. ' ^ ^ Jan. 11- The Burnside expedition sailed from Fortress Mon- roe. Naval engagement on the Mississippi between the Union steamers Essex and St. Louis, and four rebel boats • the latter were compelled to seek protection under the bat- teries at Columbus. Simon Cameron resigned his position as Secretary of War and E. M. Stanton appointed in his piRCG. Jan. 18. The new Legislative Council of India meets for the nrst time. Jan. 19. Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. This battle was fought between 3,000 Union troops under Gen. Schoep, and rebels ' ^° ir" 5^°-, ^:^";«offer. The enemy were defeated and Gen Zolhcoff-er killed. Union loss 39 killed and 127 wounded Jan. 27 Death of Thomas Hartwell Home, English divine aged 82 years. ° Jan 29. Arrival of a British naval and French military expe- dition at Vera Cruz Jan. 7; the Allies address a proclama- tion to the Mexican people Jan. 10; discontented with the ""T^fJ. Mexican government they march towards the city of Mexico. Feb. 3. The Federal government decided that the crews of the captured privateers were to be considered as prisoners of war trei " inundation of the Danube causing great dis- Feb.5. JesseD. Bright expelled from the U.S. Senate. J^eb. b. Com. Foote with 7 gunboats attacked Fort Henry oj» A. D. the Tennessee river. The rebel commander Gen. Tilghman made an unconditional surrender. 1862 Feb. 8. Gen. Burnside captured six forts on Roanoke Island, taking about 3,000 small arms and destroying all the Confed- erate fleet except two vessels. Union loss was 50 killed and 212 wounded. 2,500 prisoners and a large quantity of am- munition were captured. Feb. 10. Elizabeth City, N. C surrendered to Gen. Burnside. The Federal gunboats ascended the Tennessee river as far as Florence, Ala. capturing three and destroying six rebel boats. Feb. 13. Gen. Curtis took possession of Springfield, Mo. Feb. 14. Com. Foote attacked Fort Donelson with the gun- boats but was compelled to withdraw. Feb. 15. The attack on Fort Donelson renewed by the land forces under Gen. Grant numbering 40,000. Bowling Green evacuated by the rebels. Feb. 16. Gen. Buckner made an unconditional surrender of Fort Donelson and the troops under his command. Between 12,000 and 15,000 prisoners, 40 cannon, and a large amount of stores were captured. Union lo.ss was 321 killed, 1,046 wounded and 150 missing. Skirmish at Independence, Mo. Feb. 21. Desperate fight at Fort Craig, New Mexico, between the Union troops under Col. Canby and the Texans. The Federals were defeated with a loss of 62 killed and 162 wounded. Feb. 22. Jefierson Davis inaugurated President and A. H. Stephens Vice President of the Southern Confederacy. Feb. 24. Nashville, Tenn. occupied by the Union troops. Feb. 27. Columbus evacuated by the Confederates. March 1. Defeat of the Tae-ping rebels by Chinese forces as- sisted by the English and French, at Shanghai. Fight at Pittsburg Lauding between two Union gunboats and a rebel battery. March 4. Brunswick, Ga., Fort Clinch, Fernandina and St. Mary's, Fla. were captured by Com. Dupont. Andrew John- son appointed military governor of Tennessee. March 6. President Lincoln proposes a plan of pecuniary as- sistance for the emancipation of the slaves in such states as should adopt an abolition policy. March 8. Battle of Pea Ridge. Total defeat of the enemy. Union loss was 212 killed" and 920 wounded. The rebel steamers Merriuiac, Jamestown and Yorktown attacked the Federal fleet at Hampton Roads destroying the Cumberland and the Congress and damaging several other vessels. March 9. Battle between the Confederate iron-clad Merrimac and the Federal floating battery Mimitor; the former com- pelled to retire. This the first contest between iron-clads which the world had ever seen was studied by the naval de- partments of all civilized powers, and a reaction took placf against wooden vessels. A. D. 1862 Marcli 11. Gen. McClellan took command of tlie army of the Potomac, Gen. Fremont of the Mountain department and Gen. Halleck of the department of the Mississippi. Manassas occupied by Union troops. March 12. Com. Dupont took possession of Jacksonville, Fla. The rebels driven from their works at Paris, Tenn. March 13. The Confederates evacuated their works at New Madrid, Mo. in such haste as to leave 25 pieces of artillery and a large quantity of military stores, valued at SI, 000,- 000. March 14. Gen. Burnside attacked the rebels in their fortifica- tion at Newbern, N. C. After a fight of four hours the enemy retreated, leaving a large quantity of amunition, provisions and stores in tlie hands of the victors. The Union loss was Dl killed and 406 wounded. March 16. Commodore Foote commenced the attack on Island No. 10. Rebels defeated at Cumberland Mountain, Ky. March 18. Rebel fortifications at Acquia Creek evacuated. Confederates defeated at Salem, Ark. March 23. Battle of Winchester, Va. The rebels were de- feated and retreated to Strasburg, leaving their dead and wounded upon the field. The Union loss was 103 killed and 440 wounded. March 27. The Italian government orders -the amalgamation of Garibaldi's volunteers with the regular army. March 28. Fight at Pigeon Ranch, New Mexico, between 3,- 000 Union troops under Col. Hough and 1,100 Texans. Tie battle was a drawn one. April 3. Admiral James Clark Ross, English arctic navigator died aged 62 years. April 6. Battle of Shiloh. The rebels under Gens. Johnson and Beauregard attacked Gen. Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing. The Union forces were driven back to the river and a number of prisoners captured. April 7. The battle of Shiloh renewed. Gen. Buel arrived during the night with reinforcements. The battle lasted throughout the day with varied success, but the rebels were finally defeated and driven to their fortifications at Corinth. The Federal loss was 1,614 killed, 7,721 wounded and 3,956 missing. The rebel general Johnson was killed. April 8. Island No. 10 captured; 5,000 pnsoners, 100 siege guns, 24 pieces of field artillery, 5,000 stands of small arms, 2,000 hogsheads of sugar and a large quantity of clothing, tents and ammunition. April 9. England and Spain decline to commence hostilities with Mexico. France insists on the necessity of hostile meas- ures. April 11. Fort Pulaski commanding the entrance to Savannah surrendered after a bombardment of thirty hours. Gen. Mitchell occupied Huntsville Ala., taking 200 prisoners, 15 A. D. locomotives and a large number of cars. Congress passed the bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. 1862 April 12. Gen. Mitchell captured 2,000 prisoners at Chatta- nooga. April 16. The French in Mexico declare war against President Juarez. April 18. The rebels attacked Gen. Smith's division at York- town but were repulsed. April 19. Fight between Gen. Burnside's troops and the ene- my near Elizabeth City. N. C. The latter were defeated. Union loss 11 killed. Gen. Reno with 2,000 Union troops de- feated the enemy at Camden, N. C. April 25. Com. Farragut arrived at New Orleans and took possession of the city. Fort Macon, Georgia, surrendered af- ter a bombardment of eleven hours. Gen. C. F. Smith died at Savannah, Tenn. April 28. Forts Jackson and St. Philip surrendered. Defeat of the Mexicans by the French in the mountains of Coimbres near Aculcingo, Mexico. April 29. Gen. Mitchell defeated the rebels at Bridgeport, Ala. May 1. The International Exhibition opened at London by the duke of Cambridge. May 3. The rebels evacuated Yorktown, Jamestown and Mul- berry and Gloucester islands, leaving ammunition, camp equi- page and 100 guns behind. May 5. Battle of Williamsburgh, Va. The Union troops were commanded by Gens. Hancock and Hooker. The rebels were defeated and retreated in the night towards llichmond. The French severely repulsed by the Mexicans in their at- tempted assault upon the bights around Puebla. May 7. Battle of West Point", Va. Gens. Franklin and Sedg- wick, with a force of 20,000 men were attacked by Gen. Lee. The rebels were defeated. Union loss about 300 killed and wounded. May 8. Gen. Milroy attacked the enemy at McDowell's, Va. After a fight of five hours he was forced to withdraw. May 9. The rebels evacuated Pensacola, and destroyed the Navy Yard. May 10. The Federal forces took possession of Norfolk, Va Gosport Navy Yard destroyed by the rebels. Gunboat fight on the Mississippi, near Fort Wright; the rebels were re- pulsed, losing two vessels. May 11. The rebels blow up their iron-clad Merrimac to pre- vent its capture by the enemy. May 12. Natchez, Miss, surrendered to Com. Farragut. May 16. The Union gunboats repulsed at Fort Darling. May 17. Rebels driven across the Chickahominy at Bottom Bridge. May 23. Rebels defeated at Lewisburgh, Va. 17 A. D. 1862 May 24. Col. Kealey, commanding the Federal troops at Front Royal, Va. was attxickcd by a large force of the enemy and defeated with a heavy loss. May 25. Gen. Banks defeated at Winchester, Va. and driven across the Potomac. May 27. Rebels defeated at Hanover, Va. Union loss 35 killed and 220 wounded. May 29. Rebels evacuated Corinth, Miss. May 31. The rebels under Gen. Johnson attacked the left wing of the army of the Potomac commanded by Gen. Casey at Fair Oaks. Union forces were driven back. Corinth taken. June 1. Battle of Fair Oaks was renewed. Rebels repulsed. Union loss 890 killed and 4,844 wounded. June 3. Visit of the Viceroy of Egypt to England. June 6. After a naval battle Memphis surrendered to the Union troops. June 8. Battle of Cross Keys, Va. between Gen. Fremont's army and the Confederate army, commanded by Gen. Jack- son. The latter were defeated. June 8. The Grand duke Constantine appointed governor of Poland. June 9. The United States Senate decrees the abolition of slavery in all the territories of the Uni'on. June 16. Fight on James Island near Charleston, S. C. Fed- erals defeated. June 17. Col. Fitch destroyed a rebel battery at St. Charles, Ark. 125 were killed by an explosion on one of the Fed- eral gunboats. June 18. Union troops occupied Cumberland Gap. June 26. Gen. Pope assigned to the command of the army of Virginia. Commencement of the six days' fight before Rich- mond. The rebels attacked McClellan's right wing at Me- chanicsville. Battle undecided. June 27. Bombardment of Vicksburg commenced. Gen. Fre- mont relieved of his command. Battle before Richmond renewed ; the Federals were driven back ; loss heavy on both sides. White House evacuated by the Union troops. June 28. Incessant fighting all day between the right wing of the Union army on the Chickahominy, and the left wing of the rebels ; the enemy were repulsed. In the evening the Unionists were ordered to fall back. June 29. Battle before Richmond renewed by an attack on the Union forces at Peach Orchard ; the rebels were driven back, but late in the evening made another attack at Savage's Station. The fight continued until nine at night. The wounded fell into the hands of the enemy. June 30. Battle of White Oak Swamp ; heavy loss on both sides. ^uly 1. Battle of Malvern Hill and last of the Richmond bat- A. D. . ^, ^, . tlos. The rebels were repulsed at every point ■ The Union loss during the six days' fighting before Richinond was 1,561 killed, 7,701 wounded and 5,958 missing. President Lincoln calls for 300,000 additional volunteers. 1862 Marriage of the I'rincess Alice of Great Britain with Prince Louis of Hesse. July 10. The kingdom of Italy recognized by Prussia. July 11. Gen. Halleck appointed commander of all the land forces of the United States. July 13. Fight at Murfreesboro, Tenn; Union troops surren- dered. Gen. IMorgan captured Lebanon, Ky., burned part of the town and robbed the bank. July 17. President Lincoln sanctions a bill confiscating the property and emancipating the slaves of all persons who shall continue in arms against the Union for sixty days. July 19. Severe skirmish at Memphis, Tenn; Union loss 6 killed and 32 wounded. July 21. John S. Phelps appointed military governor of Ar- kansas. The kingdom of Italy recognized by Prussia. July 22. The siege of Vicksburg abandoned. Jidy 25. Garibaldi addresses an inflammatory proclamation to tiie Hungarians from Palermo. July 28. Rebels defeated at More's Hill. Mo. Aug 3. The rebel general Jeff. Thompson defeated near Mem- phis, Tenn. Gen. Halleck ordered Gen. McClellan to evacu- ate the Peninsula of Virginia. Aug. 4. The Secretary of War ordered a draft of 300,000 men. The rebel ram Arkansas destroyed by her crew. Aug. 5. Gen. Robert McCook murdered by the rebels while wounded and riding in an ambulance. The confederate gen- eral J. C. Breckenridge made an unsuccessful attack on Baton Rouge, La. Aug. 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain. Confederates under Gen. Jackson attacked Gen. Banks at Cedar Mountain. The con- test was short but severe. Gen. Banks held his position while the enemy fell back two miles and did not renew the fight. Aug. 16. Gen. McClellan evacuated Harrison's Landmg. Aug 19. Gen. Wright placed in command of the department of the Ohio. Aug. 21. Insurrection of Garibaldi in Sicily Aug. 1 ; he seizes Catanea Aug. 20 ; the Italian government proclaims Sicily in a state of siege. Aug. 25. Confederates made an unsuccessful attack on Fort Donelson. Auff. 26. The rebel general Ewell drove the Union troops from Manassas. Proclamation of Garibaldi calling on the Italian pe'->ple to resist " arrogant foreign oppressors" Aug 3; he lands u Calabria A. D 1862 Aug. 28. Battle of Reggio. Garibaldi defeats the Sardinians. Aug. 29. Battle of Gainsville or Groveton, Va. The battle was opened by Gen. Sigel early in the morning. Gens. Reno and Kearney arrived with reinforcements. The fight contin- ued until 6 P. M. when the enemy retired. Battle of Aspromonte. Garibaldi taken prisoner. Aug. 30. Battle of Richmond, Ky. Union troops under Gen. Manson defeated with a loss of about 200 killed, 700 wounded and 2,000 prisoners. Rebels defeated at Bolivar, Tenn. Aug. 30. Second Battle of Bull Run. The Federal forces under Gen. Pope defeated. Sept 1. Fight at Britton's Lane, Tenn. ; rebels retired leaving, their dead on the field. Union loss 5 killed, 78 wounded and 92 missing. Fight at Chantilly, Va. The Union troops were commanded by Gens. Hooker, Reno and Kearney. The rebels retired leaving their dead and wounded on the field. This was the last fight in which Gen. Pope's army was engaged. Sept. 2. Gen. McClellan appointed to the command of the troops for the defense of Washington. Sept. 5. Confederates began crossing the Potomac into Mary- land. Sept. 7. Gen. Banks assigned to the command of the fortifica- tions in and around Washington. Gen: McClellan took the field at the head of the army of the Potomac. Sept. 12. Fight at Middletown, Md. Union loss 80 killed and wounded. Sept. 14. Gen. McClellan overtook the enemy at South Moun- tain, Md. A general engagement took place. The fight wa.s severe and the loss heavy on both sides, the Unionists losing 443 killed and l.SOti wounded. Gen. Reno was among the killed. The rebels retreated towards the Potomac. Sept. 15. Harper's Ferry surrendered after two days' fighting to the enemy with all the garrison, consisting of 8,000 men. Sept. 17. Battle of Antietam, Md. This battle was fought on Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg; it began early in the morning and continued until evening. Armies each number- ing nearly 100,000 men. During the night the rebels re- treated leaving 3,500 prisoners, 39 stand of colors and 13 guns in the hands of the victors. The Union loss was 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded and 1,043 missing. Rebel loss 14,000. Cumberland Gap evacuated by the Federals. Sept. 18. The rebels recrossed the Potomac into Virginia hav- ing been in Maryland two weeks. Evacuated Harper's Ferry. Sept. 19. Gen. Rosecrans commenced an attack on the rebel forces at luka, Miss. Rebels evacuated the place during the night. The Union loss was 135 killed and 527 wounded. Sept. 21. Gen. McCook recaptured Munfordsville, Ky. Sept. 22. Proclamation of Gen. Forey commander of the French military expedition in Mexico, promising the 3Iexi- A. D. cans entire freedom in the choice of a new gove fnment. 1862 President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued. Sept. 25. Habeas corpus suspended by the United States go r- ernment. Sept. 27. Fight at Augusta, Ky. The Union garrison 120 strong surrendered after a gallant defense. Sept. 29. Gen. Nelson was shot by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis at Louisville, Ky. Oct. 2. IMarriage of Louis I. king of Portugal to Pia youngest daughter of Victor Emanuel I. king of Italy. He had been married by proxy at Turin Sept. 27. Oct. 4. Battle of Corinth, 3Iiss. The rebels were defeated with heavy loss. The Union loss was 315 killed and 1,802 wounded. Oct. 6. The rebels attacked Gen. Palmer's brigade at Lavergne, Tenn. but were defeated. Oct. 8. Battle of Perryville, Ky. The advance of Buell's army was attacked at Perryville, Ky. by a superior force of the enemy under Gens. Jackson and Terrell. The rebel's retreated during the night. Union loss was over 3,000 killed and wounded. Oct. 10. The rebel cavalry under Gen. Stuart entered Chambers- burg, Penn. and captured a quantity of small arms and clothing. Oct. 18. The rebel Gen. Morgan occupied Lexington, Ky. Oct. 19. The rebel Gen. Forrest defeated near Gallatin, Tenn. Oct. 22. Ptebel salt works in Florida destroyed. Gen. Blunt defeated the rebels at Maysville, Ark., capturing all their artillery. Fight at Pocotaligo, S. C. Oct. 22. An insurrection against Otho I. breaks out in the western province of Greece, and extends to Athens. Oct. 23. A provisional government formed in Greece, and a new ministry appointed. Oct. 24. Manifesto of Otho I. of Greece, declaring that to prevent bloodshed he will at once quit his kingdom ; he em- barks on board a British man-of-war. Oct. 28. Gen. Herron defeated the rebels near Fayetteville, Ark. Oct. 30. Gen. Rosecrans assumed command of the army of the Cumberland. Gen. Mitchell died at Port Royal, S. C. Nov. 5. Gen. McClellan relieved of the command of the army of the Potomac and Gen. Burnsidc succeeds him. Nov. 11. Gen. Ransom defeated the rebels under Woodward, near Garrettsburg, Ky. Nov. 16. President Lincoln enjoined on the United States forces the orderly observance of the S:.bbatli. Nov. 17. A cavalry fight took place near Kingston, N. C. Nov. 18. An amnesty granted by the emperor of Austria, to political offenders condemned by military tribunals :n Hun- gary. A. D. 1SG2 Nov. 22. All political State prisoners released. Nov. 28. Battle of Cane Hill, Ark. The Union army, num. henng 5,000 men, was commanded by Gen. Blunt. Th.! rebels were defeated with a heavy loss, and retreated to Van Buren. Dec. 1. The provisional government of Greece decrees the election of a new king by universal suffrage. Dec. G. Gen. Banks' expedition sailed for New Orleans. Dec. 7. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. The Union army was commanded by Gens. Blunt and Ilerron. The rebels were defeated with heavy loss and retreated during the night. Dec. 11. The city of Fredericksburg bombarded by the Union troops, under cover of which they crossed the Rappahan- nock. Dec. 13. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Rebel works were attacked by the Union troops in three divisions, under Sum- ner, Hooker and Franklin w^ho were repulsed. Federals lost 1,512 killed, 0,000 wounded, and 100 prisoners. Dec. 14. Gen. Banks superseded Gen. Butler at New Orleans. Dec. IG. Gen. Burnside's army removed to the north side of the Rappahannock. Gen. Foster defeated the rebels at White Hall, N. C. Dec. 17. The Union troops occupied Baton Rouge, La. Gen. Foster defeated the rebels at Goldsboro, N. C. destroying the railroad bridge. Dec. 19. The rebels recaptured Holly Springs, Miss., taking the garrison prisoners. Dec. 23. The rebels repulsed by Gen. Sigel at Dumfries, Va. Dec. 27. Gen. Sherman attacked the advanced works of the enemy about 6 miles from Vicksburg, at the same time the gunboats attacked the rebel batteries on Haines' Bluff! Dec. 28. Second attack on Vicksburg. The Fedei-als drove the rebels from the first and second lines of defense and ad- vanced to within two and a half miles of Vicksburg. Gen. Blunt entered Van Buren, Ark., capturing four steamboats laden with provisions. Dec. 29. The rebels attacked Gen. Sherman with their whole force, and drove him back to the first line of defense. Dec. 31. Battle of Murfreesboro, or Stone River. The Union army numbered 45,000 men under Gen. Rosecrans. Gen. 3lcCook's division was driven back four miles and lost 26 guns ; but reinforcements being sent from the left and center, the enemy was in turn repulsed and the lost ground regained. West Va. admitted into the Union as a State. Dec. Great distress in the French manufacturing districts through the cotton famine and the civil war in America. V861-18G2. Stuart, McKinlay, and Landsborough cross Australia from sea to sea. Deaths in the United States in 18G2. Cornelius C. Felton, scholar and critic, president of Harvard University, aged 55 years. Theodore Frelinglauysen, statesman, aged ib years. 1863 Jan. 1. Gen. Sullivan defeated the rebels under Van Dorn, at Hunt's Cross Roads, near Lexington, Tenn. The Union gar- rison and the steamer Harriet Lane captured at Galveston, Texas. The Westfield destroyed to keep it from falling into the hands of the enemy. Com. Renshaw perished with his vessel. President Lincoln publishes a proclamation confirming his man- ifesto of Sept. 2:i, 18G2 and declares all the slaves in the reb- el states free, and under the military protection of the United States. Jan. 3. Since the hard battle of Dee. 31st fighting had been going on between the two armies at Murfreesboro. On the night of Jan. 3d the rebels commenced their retreat. The following is the oiEcial statement of the Union loss at the bat- tle of Stone Iliver : killed 1,697, wounded 0,425, and 3,550 missing. The Federal army withdrew from before Vicl:s- burg. The Union loss in the second attack on Vicksburg was about 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and 1,000 missing. Jan. 10. Battle of Arkansas Po.st. The attack was commenced Saturday night by the Mississippi squadron under Admiral Porter. On the following day the land forces under Gen. McClernand joined in the fight and before night all the forti- fications were taken. xVbout 7,000 prisoners and a large quantity of anmmnition were captured. The Union loss was about 200 killed and wounded. Jan. 13. The French evacuate Tampico, Mexico. Jan. 14. The Prussian chambers reassemble; unconciliatory address of the king. Jan. 18. Death of Said, Viceroy of Egypt, and accession of his brother Ismail. Jan. 20. The Morning Light and Velocity, blockading Sabine City, Texas, were both captured by the rebels. Jan. 22. Third attack on Vicksburg. After the capture of Arkansas Post Gen. McClernand returned to Vicksburg and resumed the siege of that place. Jan. 24. Insurrection in Poland ; the kingdom is declared in a state of siege. Jan. 28. Gen. Burnside relieved of the command of the army of the Potomac and Gen. Hooker appointed in his place. Gens. Sumner and Franklin were relieved from duty in the army of the Potomac. Jan. 31. The rebel general Pryor made an attack on the Union troops under Gen.'Peck at Blackwatcr, Va. The rebels were repulsed. Feb. 2. The Federal ram Queen of the West ran the blockade at Vicksburg but was captured a few days after by the reb- els. Feb. 2. The provisional government of Greece resigns the ex- ecutive power to the national assembly. A. D. 1863 Feb. 3. The national assembly of Greece declares the thront rightly vacant and announces that Prince Alfred of England has been elected king. He is proclaimed but is not permit- ted by the English government to accept the crown. Feb. 23. The insurgent leader of the Polish insurrection Louis Mieroslawski defeated and put to flight by the Russians. Feb. 27. The rebel steamer Nashville while attempting to run the blockade got aground near Fort McAllister and was da- stroyed by the blockading fleet. Porto Novo, Western Africa, received under French protectioo. March 7. Gen. Minty attacked a rebel cavalry force at UuioQ- viUe, Tenu., capturing their wagons, horses and tents, and about 60 prisoners. March 9. A band of rebel cavalry passed through the Uni-n lines, entered Fairfax, Va. and captured Gen. Stoughton a^d a few privates. March 10. Marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra of Denmark in St. George's chapel, Windsor. March 17. Two hundred cavalry under command of Gen. Averill crossed the Eappahaunock near Kelly's Ford whei-e but a single horseman could cross at once, and in the face of a most terrible fire from sharpshooters charged the rebels 'n their intreuchments, killing or capturing nearly the whole force. They then encountered Stuart's cavalry, and after a desperate hand to hand encounter of five hours routed the-u with great slaughter, capturing 80 prisoners. March 20. John Morgan with 4,000 men was totally defeated near Milton, Tenn. by Col. Hall with 1,400 mounted men. The negro brigade took Jacksonville, Fla. Major General Burnside appointed to coiiimaud the department of the OhiO. March 22. Rebels under Clarke captured Mt. Sterling, Ky. March 24. The Polish insurgent leaders address an appeal to Europe for help. April 6. Gen. Mitchell with 300 cavalry dashed into a rebel camp near Nashville on a sabre charge, capturing 5, killing 15 and capturing all their tents, arms, horses and equip^ ments. April 7. Attack on Charleston. The Federal fleet was com- posed of nine iron-clad vessels under the command of Com. Dupont. The fight began in the afternoon of April 7th aud lasted about two hours. The Keokuk was so badly damaged that she sunk in a few hours. Several other vessels were temporarily disabled. The fleet was then withdrawn. April 10. Gen. Van Corn's forces attacked Gen. Granger at Franklin, Tenn. and were driven back with loss. April 17. Gen. Banks' command left Baton Rouge, fought three battles, two on land and one on Grand Lakcj^capturmo- 2,000 prisoners. Our lo&s was 700. Six vessels of Porter's fleet ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. April 18. Fayetteville, Ark. attacked by 3.000 rebels with A. D. four pieces of avtillery ; Uuiou forces n iimbered but 2,000. The rebels were repulsed. Our loss was 5 killed and 17 wounded. 1863 Ajoril 22. The ram Queen of the West was captured in Grand Lake with Capt. Fuller and all her officers and crew, num- bering 90. April 30. Colonel Mulligan repulsed by the rebels at Fair- mont, Western Va., and the B. & 0. 1\. R. bridges blown up at Fairmont and Cheat river. May 1. Gen. Carter with 5,000 men attacked the rebel forces at Monticello, under Pegram, driving them from the field. Battle of Port Gibson. Gen. Grant defeated Gen. Bowen with a loss of 1 ,550 men and 5 pieces of artillery. May 2. On the morning of the 17th of April, 1863, the 6th and 7th Illinois cavalry, 900 strong, under command of Col. Grierson, of the Gth Illinois, set out from Lagrange, Tenn., marched through the center of jMiss. destroying as they went railroads, bridges and stores of all kinds belonging to the rebels, in immense quantities. They reached Baton Rouge, La. on the evening of the 2d of May. They had traveled nearly 800 miles in 16 days. At several points the enemy made great attempts to capture them but failed. They brought into Baton Ptouge over 1.000 horses and a large number of cattle ; 500 negroes followed them. May 3. Battle of Fredericksburg. The second attempt to capture the rebel fortifications at Fredericksburg, Va. was made by the army of the Potomac under Gen. Hooker and failed. Severe skirmishing took place on Friday and Satur- day May 1st and 2d, but the main battle was fought on Sun- day May 3d, resulting in the defeat of the Federal troops. In the meantime Gen. Sedgwick had crossed the Pvappahannock and occupied Fredericksburg. He too was defeated and com- pelled to retire to the northern b:ink of the river. Hooker's army recrossed the river on the night of May 5th. The loss on each side was about 15,000 killed wounded and prisoners. " Stonewall " Jackson mortally wounded. While the fight was going on near Fredericksburg, Gen. Stone- man with a large cavalry force crossed the Rapidan east of Orange Court House, and made a bold and partially success- ful raid into the eneniy's country. May 8. Col. Streight's command of 1,700 men captured by Forrest's cavalry two miles from Cedar Bluff, Ga. after severe fighting. The rebel general Van Born killed by Dr. Peters in Manny county, Tenn. May 9. Col. Jacobs routed a guerrilla force near Horse Shoe Bend on the Cumberland river. May 10. The rebel general Stonewall (Thos. J.) Jackson died at Richmond, Va. of wounds and pneumonia. May 12. Gen. McPherson attacked Raymond, Miss, and took the town after a hard fight. A. D. . 1863 Asiiassination of Radama II. king of Madagascar and accession (tf h"s widow as queen Radobo. May 13. Grant defeated Joseph S. Johnston and captured Jackson, Miss, with 7 cannon and h^rge quantities of military stores, besides 400 prisoners. The state capitol was destroyed by fire. May 15. Battle of Baker's Creek, Miss. The rebel army un- der Gen. Peniberton and the Union forces under Gen. Grant. About 25,000 men were engaged upon each side. The reb- els met with a disastrous defeat losing 2,600 in killed and wounded, 2,000 men pris;)ners and 29 pieces of artillery. May 17. Battle of Big Black River. Grant again attacked Pemberton and defeated him with a total loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon. May 18. Surrender of Puebla, Mexico, to the French after a siege of two months. Investment of Vicknburg by the Federals under Gen. Grant and Admiral Porter. May 25. Rebel navy yard destroyed at Yazoo City. May 27. Gen. Banks commences the siege of the forts at Port Hudson, Mississippi. May 31. President Juarez transfers his government from Mex- ico to San Louis de Potosi. June 1. Gen. Hunter removed from the command of the de- partment of the South. Gen. Gihnore succeeds him. June 6. Denmark declares that prince William will accept the crown of Greece provided that the Ionian Islands are united to Greece. June 11. Forrest with 5,000 cavalry and two batteries of ar- tillery attacked the Union cavalry at Triune, Tenn., under command of Col. R. B. Mitchell. The rebels were defeated. June 14. Gen. Ewell defeated Gen. Milroy at Winchester, Va. with a loss of 2,000 men, and drove him to Harper's Ferry. June 17. The ram Atlanta captured off the coast of S. C, after a brief fight by the Weehawken, ci^mmanded by Capt. John Rodgers. A division of our cavalry under Col. Kil- patrick, encountered Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry brigade near Aldie, Va. and a despei'ate hand to hand encounter fol- lowed, ending in a hasty retreat on the part of the rebel forces. 100 prisoners were captured. • June 21. Gen. McClernand removed by Grant, and Gen. Ord succeeds him. June 23. Battle of Big Black River, Miss. Rebels under Johnston attacked Osterhaus' division and were defeated with great slaughter. June 24. The Japanese ports closed against foreign traders. June 25. Another fight at Liberty Gap between a rebel divis- ion under Claiborne, and Willich, Wilder and Carter's brig- ades. The rebels fled in disorder. A. D. 18(;:j' June 26. Rear Adniiral Foote died in New York City. June 29. Gen. Hooker was relieved of his command of Ihe army of the Potomac at his own requesi., and Gen. Meade succeeded him. June. Arrival of Capts. Grant, and Speke in England from exploring the sources of the Nile. July 1. Slavery ceases in the Dutch West Indies. Battle of Gettysburg, Penn. Gen. Meade attacked the rebels near Gettysburg, and after a three days' battle drove them from the field, leaving 5,000 killed and wounded in our hands. Meade took 20,000 prisoners. Maj. Gen. Reynolds commanding the first corps of the Union army was killed. Missouri passed the Ordinance of Emancipation. Rosecrans drove Bragg from TuUahoma. July 4. Gen. Prentice defeated the rebels under Holmes at Helena, Ark. July 4. The siege of Vicksburg by the Union army under Gen. Grant commenced May 18. and was pressed forward with vigor until July 4, when Pemberton surrendered to Gen. Gr'ant 27,000 prisoners, 132 cannon and 50,000 stand of arms. July 7. Gen. Berg appointed governor of Poland and rules with great rigor. William Mulready, Irish painter died aged 77 years. July 8. In the month of May Gen. Banks invested Port Hud- son. Two grand attacks were made by land and water on the 27th of May and 14th of June, in which portions of the enemy's works were taken. At last, on the 8th of J uly, the commander, Maj. Gen. Gardiner surrendered with 7,000 prisoners, 60 cannon and 10,000 stand of arms to Gen. Banks. July 8. Morgan's raid into Indiana and Ohio; crossed the Ohio river into Harrison county, Ind. and marched rapidly through the southern part of the State into Ohio, committing numerous depredations. On the 18th he lost his artillery and 1.300 prisoners. With a mere fragment of his com- mand he retreated to Columbiana county, Ohio, where on the 20th he surrendered to Gen. Shackleford. July 13-16. Riots take place at New York, Boston and other Union cities in consequence of the enforcement of a conscrip- tion decree. July 17. Gen. Sherman attacked Jackson, Miss., routea John- ston and occupied the city. Large stores were captured and also 40 locomotives and all the rolling stocks of the 3 rail- roads. Gen. Ransom captured Natchez with a large quan- tity of ammunition, 13 cannon, 2,000 head of cattle, and 4,- 000 hogsheads of sugar. A severe fight occurred on Elk Creek, Ark. between Gen. Blunt and the rebel Gen. Tooper ; the former was victorious. Union loss 40, that of the rebels 184. A. D 18G3 July 22. Col. Wilder of Rosecraus' advance shelled Chatta- uooga. Brashear City, La. recaptured by the Union gun- boat Sacliem. July 23. A gallant fight occured near Manassas Gap in which 800 men of Gen Spinola's brigade utterly routed twice their number of Georgia and North Carolina trjops with 17 can- non. Kentucky again invaded. Kit Carson, with a part of the First New Mexico regiment defeated the Navajoe Indians in a se- vere fight beyond Fort Canby. July 31. The Union foi'ces in Kentucky under Col. Saunders thoroughly routed the rebel troops under Scott and Pegram. Martial law in Kentucky. Aug. 2. A severe though indecisive cavalry fight occurred at Culpepper, Va. between Buford and Stuart in which 100 pris- oners were captured by the Union troops. Aug. 4. William I. of Prussia declines to attend the congress of German sovereigns at Frankfort. Aug. 7. President Lincoln rejects the demand for the sup- pression of the conscription in the state of New York. Aug. 17. Lieut. Col. Phillips of the 9th Illinois Mounted In- fantry attacked the rebel forces at Grenada, Miss, consisting of 2,000 men under command of Gen. Slimmer and drove them from the place. He then destroyed all the ordnance and commissary stores, burnt the depot and machine shop, tore up the railroad track and destroyed 57 locomotives and more than 400 cars. Aug. 20. The town of Jiawrence, Kansas, was surprised in the middle of the night by 300 guerrillas under the leadership of Quantrell. The town was set on fire and 132 buildings barned to the ground and ^2,000,000 worth of property de- stroyed. 191 persons were killed, many of whom were help- less women and children ; 581 were wounded, many of them mortally. About 80 of the murderers were killed. Aug. 22. Gen. Blunt with 4,500 men attacked Gen. Cooper with 11.000 rebel troops in the Indian Territory and com- pelled him to retreat to Red River. Aug. 29. The rebel army in Arkansas under Gen. Price se- verely pushed by the Union forces under Gen. Steele. Sept. 1. Gen. Blunt defeated the rebel forces in Arkansas under Cooper and Cobell and captured Fort Smith. The rebels evacuate Little Rock. Sept. 4. Buruside occupied Knoxville, Tenn. and was hailed with delight by the inhabitants. Sept. 9. Gen. Crittenden's division of Rosecrans' army entered Chattanooga. Sept. 10. Gen. Burnside captured Cumbei'land Gap with 2,000 prisoners and 14 pieces of artillery under command of Maj. Gen. Ftazer. (Jen. Steele took possession of Little Rock, Ark. A. 1). 1863 Sept. 15. President Lincoln suspends the Habeas Corpus Act. Sept. 19. Chickamauga. The battle was commenced by Gen. Bragg in the morning and continued all day. At night both armies occupied nearly the same position that they did in the morning. On the next day the battle was renewed by the rebels and lasted until dark. Th« Union army was defeated and driven back to Chattanooga. The Federal loss was about 1,800 killed, 9,500 wounded and 2,500 prisoners. Oct.' 8. Richard Whateley, archbishop of Dublin and distin- guished theological writer died aged 76 years. Oct. 9. Wheeler's rebel cavalry defeated with considerable loss at Farmington, Tenn. and again near Shelbyville. Oct. 20. The departments of the Cumberland and Mississippi were consolidated and placed under the command of Gen. Grant. Gen. Kosecrans removed and Gen. Thomas ap- pointed in his place. Nov. 4. Napoleon III. invites the sovereigns of Europe to a general congress. Nov. 5. Brownsville, Texas captured. Nov. 12. Gen. Comonfort, President of Mexico surprised and shot by a band of Mexicans at Chamacuero, Mexico. Nov. 15. Death of Frederick Vtl. of Denmark and accession of Christian IX. Nov. 18. The king of Denmark signs a new constitution for Denmark and Schleswig. Nov. 25. The rebel army under Bragg was badly whipped near Chattanooga losing about 6,000 prisoners and 52 guns. The Union loss was between 3,000 and 4,000 in killed and wounded. The invitation to the general congress at Pans dechned by England. Nov. 29. An unsuccessful attempt of the rebels to carry Knoxville by storm. Nov. The first Fenian convention assembles at Chicago. Ac- cording to tradition the Fenians or Finians were a national militia° established in Ireland by Fin or Fionn the son of Cumbal. Dec. 4. Gen. Longstreet commenced the siege of Knoxville, Nov. 17th. On the 29th there was a severe fight, in which he was defeated. This, with the defeat of Bragg at Chatta- nooga, compelled Longstreet to raise the siege. Dec. 23.' The Saxon and Hanoverian troops enter Holstein. Dec. 24. Successful advance of the allied French and Mexican Imperialist forces in Mexico ; Juarez retires from San Louis ' de Potosi Dec. 18 ; it is entered by the allies. Dec. Death of William M. Thackeray. 1864 Jan. 7. Garibaldi resigns his seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Jan. 8. Birth of Albert Victor Prince of Wales. Jan. 28. Terrible calamity at Santiago j two thousand persona A. D. burnt to deatli owing to the church of La Compania taking fire during the celebration of the Immacuh^te Conception. 1864 Feb. 1. President Lincoln orders a drait for 500,000 men. Feb. 9. A large number of prisoners, including Col. Streight, escaped from Libby Prison, Richmond. Feb. 10. Denmark declares Schleswig-Holstein in a state of blockade. Feb. 15. Gen. W. T. Sherman with his command arrived at Meridian, Miss, on his great raid into the heart of the ene- my's country. Returned to Vicksburg with immense booty. Feb. 20. The advance into Florida of the Union forces about 5,000 strong under Gen. Seymour, was repulsed near Olustee with a loss of 1,200. Rebel loss about the same. Feb. 22. A heavy reconnoitering force sent out from Chatta- nooga by Gen. Grant, met and defeated the enemy at Tunnel Hill. Feb. Kilpatrick and Dahlgren's raid on Richmond. March 8. Gen. Grant was formally presented by the President with his commission as Lieutenant General and on the 12th was assigned to the command of the armies of the United States. March 15. The Union forces under Gen. A. J. Smith cap- tured Fort De Russey, La., on Red river, with 325 prisoners and an immense amount of ammunition and stores. March 25. About 5,000 rebels under Forrest captured Padu- cab, Ky. and fired the place. Garibaldi visits England. April 8. The advance of Gen. Banks' expedition up Red river, under the direction of Gen. Stone was repulsed near Shreveport, La. ; but on the following day our men defeated the enemy. Our loss was about 2,000 and the enemy's the same. April 10. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria consents to accept the imperial dignity under the title of Maximilian I. Emperor of Mexico. April 12. Gen. Forrest captured Fort Pillow, and immediately after commenced an indiscriminate massacre of our wounded soldiers, both colored and white, not excepting women and children who had taken refuge in the fort. April 23. The governors of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana offer to raise for the general government 85,000 men for one hundred days. April 26. Government accepted service of one hundred day men, and appropriated $20,000,000 for their payment. May 1. Death of Jacob Meyerbeer, German musical composer. May 5. Draft ordered in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky and Maryland. Gen. Butler lands on the south side of the James. May 6. Gen. Grant crossed the Rapidan, and Lee fell back towaids Richmond. Battle of the Wilderness. A. D. 1864 May 7. Grrant still advances, driving Lee's forces before him. May 8. Sherman occupied Dalton. May 9. After 3 days' hard fighting Lee's forces retreated, leaving 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded on the field in pos- session of the Union army. May 12. Battle at vSpottsylvania. Union troops victorious. They capture 4,000 prisoners and 25 pieces of artillery. ^^ May 13. Gen. Sheridan, with cavalry, reached the roar of the enemy near Hanover Junction, breaking two railroads, cap- turing several locomotives, and destroyed Lee's depot for supplies at Beaver Dam, containing over 1,000,000 rations. May 15. Sherman forced Johnson to evacuate Resaca after two days' fighting. Union defeat at Newmarket, Va. May 19. Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist died aged 55 years. May 23. Army of the Potomac flanked the rebels under Lee, and forced them to evacuate their fortifications near Spott- sylvania Court House. John ]\Iorgan enters Kentucky with 4,000 men. May 27. Grant crossed the Pamunkey and occupied Hanover- town. May 28. Battle near Dallas, Ga. May 30. Grant reached Mechanicsville. June 3. Battle of Coal Harbor in which the rebels are routed with heavy loss. June 5. Sherman flanked Johnson and captured Ackworth Station. June 7. Gen. Hunter defeats the rebel general Jones near Staunton, Va. June 8. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated for President and Vice President. Morgan defeated by Gen. Burbridge near Lexington, Ky. June 12. Gen. Hancock drove the rebels from Bottom Bridge at the point of the bayonet. June 15. Gen. Smith attacked with a force of 15,000 men. June 16. Battle of Lost Mountain, Ga. June 19. The rebel crusier Alabama sunk by the U. S. frig- ate Kearsarge in the English Channel. June 23. Rebels attnck Wright and Hancock, capturing 3 full regiments, after which they are repulsed. June 27. Sherman made an unsuccessful attack on the ene- my's position losing from 1,000 to 3,000 men. June 28. Left wing of Grant's army take possession of the Weldon railroad. June 30. Secretary Chase resigned and Hon. Wm. J*. Fessen- den was appointed to fill the vacancy. July 5. The rebels under Early invade Maryland. July 13-15. The rebels under Gen. Forrest defeated in 5 dif- ferent battles near Pontotoc, Mo. A.D. 1864 July 15. Edward John Eyre appointed governor of the island of Jamaica. July 17* The rebel army was driven within the fortifications at Atlanta. July 20. The enemy assaulted Gen. Sherman's lines 3 times but were repulsed each time with severe loss. Gen. Averill defeated the enemy near Winchester, Va. July 22. A great battle was fought before Atlanta resulting in the complete defeat of the Confederates. July 30. A mine containing G tons of powder under a rebel fort at Petersburg exploded destroying the fort and garrison. C/hambersburg, Penn. burned. Aug. 5. Com. Farragut's fleet passed Forts Morgan and Gaines. The rebel ram Tennessee was captured and several other ves- sels destroyed. Shortly after Fort Gaines surrendered and Fort Powell was evacuated. Romuald Traugott the head of the Polish provisional govern- ment and five other insurgent leaders hanged at Warsaw. Aug. 7. Gen Averill defeated the enemy at JMorefield, Va. Aug. 15. The rebel general Wheeler repulsed at Dalton, Ga. Aug. 18. The Weldon railroad seized by Gen. Grant. Aug. 23. Fort Morgan surrendered. Aug. 25. Gen. Hancock who held the Weldon railroad south of Reams' station was attacked several tinges, but repulsed the enemy each time. Sept. 1. Gen. Sherman defeated the enemy at Jonesboro, Ga. Sept. 2. The Federal troops took possession of Atlanta. Sept. 7. The rebel general John Morgan was killed near Greenville, Tenn. Sept. 7. A force of 2,000 rebels defeated at Readyville, Tenn. Sept. 15. John Hannin Speke, English traveler in Africa and explorer of the sources of the Nile died aged 37 years. Sept. 17. Walter Savage Landor, English poet and miscella- neous writer died aged 89 years. Sept. 19. Gen. Sheridan gained a complete victory over the enemy in the Shenandoah valley. Sept. 22. Battle at Fisher's Hill; the rebel army defeated. Sept. 28. Gen. Grant advanced his lines on the north side of the James river to within 7 miles of Richmond. The rebels under Gen. Price invade Missouri. Oct. 5. The rebels attacked Allatoona, Ga. but were repulsed with severe loss. Oct. 7. The pirate vessel Florida captured by the U. S. steam- er Wachusett. Oct. 8. The rebels in Shenandoah valley are again defeated by Sheridan. Oct. 19. Gen. Sheridan gained his fourth victory over the reb- els under Early at Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 23, The rebel general Price defeated at Blue River, Mo. Oct. 27. Engagement at Hatcher's Run. L864 Oct. 28. Gen. Blunt defeated the rebels under Price at Neosho, Oct. 29. John Leach, the artist of " Punch " died aged 47 years. Oct. 30. Gen. Hood made three attacks on Decatur, Ala. but was repulsed each time. Oct. 31. Union troops recapture Plymouth, N. C. Nov. 3. The rebel ram Albemarle destroyed by Lieut. Cush- inf. Nov.'^S. The Presidential election took place. Lincoln and Johnson received 212, McClellan and Pendleton 21 electoraJ votes. McClellan resigns his command in the army. Nov. 16. Gen. Sb^rman left Atlanta and began his great march to the Atlantic. Nov. 30. Gen. Hood attacked the Union troops under Gen. Schofield at Franklin, Tenn. but was repulsed with great loss. Dec. 13. Fort McAllister captured by Gen. Sherman's army. Dec. 16. Gen. Thomas defeated the enemy at Nashville, Tenn. with heavy loss, capturing a large number of guns and pris- oners. . Dec. 20. The rebels under Gen. Breckenridge defeated in southwestern Virginia and the salt works destroyed. Dec. 21. Gen. Sherman entered the city of Savannah captur- ing 150 cannon, 30,000 bales of cotton and a large amount of munitions of war. Dec. 24. First bombardment of Fort Fisher. Dec. 29. Hood's army crossed the Tennessee river, thus end- ing the Tennessee campaign. 1865 Jan. 1. President Juarez issues a proclamation calling upon the people of Mexico to resist foreign invasion. Jan. 3. Massachusetts ratified the constitutional amendment. Jan. 8. Gen. Butler removed from the command of the army of the James and succeeded by Gen. Ord. Jan. 11. Beverly, Va. was attacked by a rebel force under Gen. Rosser. The town and a large portion of the force de- fending it were captured. Jan. 15. Edward Everett, American statesman and distin- guished orator died aged 71 years. Jan. 16. Fort Fisher near Wilmington, N. C captured with all its equipments. Jan. 20. Rebels evacuate Corinth. Jan. 27. Rebel incendiaries set fire to the city of Savannah. Feb. 1. Illinois ratified the constitutional amendment. Feb. 2. Maryland, Michigan, New York and Rhode Island ratified the constitutional amendment. Feb. 4. Illinois black laws repealed. Feb. 7. Maine ratified the constitutional amendment. Feb. 12. Gen Sherman occupied Branchville, S. C. Feb. 13. Indiana ratified the constitutional amendment. 18 A. D. 1865 Feb. 15. Death of Cardinal Wiseman aged 63 years. Feb. 17. Louisiana ratified tlie constitutional amendment. Gren. Sherman's victorious columns entered Columbia, S. C and burned the city. Feb. 18. Charleston, S. C evacuated and taken possession of by Gen. Gilmore. Six thousand bales of cotton destroyed. Ammunition stored in the railroad depot exploded, and many lives were lost. Gen. Gilmore hoisted the old flag over Fort Sumter. Feb. 19. Fort Anderson, N. C. taken. Feb. 21. Wisconsin ratified the constitutional amendment. Fort Armstrong, N. C. taken. Feb. 22. Wilmington captured by Gen. Schoficld. Feb. 13. .Ealeigh. N. C. captured. Gov. Vance captured. March 2. Gen. Sheridan fought and captured the rebel Gen. Early with 1.800 men between Staunton and Charlottesville. March 4. Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson as President and Vice-President of the United States. March 10. Gen. Bragg attacked Gen. Cox near Kingston, N C, but was defeated. Gen. Sherman occupied Fayetteville N. C. March 13. Gen. Sehofield occupied Kingston. March 16. Rebel Gen. Hardee defeated at Averysboro, N. C. March 17. Rebel Congress adjourned, "sine die." JMarch 19. Rebel Gen. Johnson defeated at Bentonville, N. C. March 21. Goldsboro, N. C. occupied. March 25. Rebels attack Gen. Grant and get severely defeated. April 1. Victory of Five Forks, Va. April 2. Lee's lines at Petersburg carried. Death of Richard Cobden, English politician and economist. April 3. Richmond taken. April 9. Gen. Lee surrendered with his whole army. April 14. President Lincoln shot by J. Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington ; Mr. Seward and his son wounded. April 15. Death of President Lincoln ; Vice-President John- son sworn in as President of the United States. Mr. Stanton's letter to Charles Francis Adams, Minister to Eng- land. " Washington, April 15th. Sir, — It has become niy distressing duty to announce to you that last night his Excellen- cy Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, about the hour of half- past ten o'clock, in his private box at Ford's Theatre, in this city. The President about eight o'clock accompanied Mrs. Lincoln to the theatre. Another lady and gentleman were with them in the box. About half-past ten, during a pause in the performance, the assassin entered the box, the door of which was unguarded, hastily approached the President from behind, and discharged a pistol at his head. The bullet entered the back of his head and penetrated nearly through. The assassin then leaped from the box upon the stage, brand- A D. ishing a large kuife or dagger and exclaimed, ' Sic semper tyrannis ! ' and escaped in the rear of the theatre. Imme- diately upon the discharge the President fell to the floor in- sensible and continued in thai state until twenty minutes past seven o'clock this morning, when he breathed his last." 18(35 April 2G. Gen. Johnson surrendered. April 27. Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln mortally wounded and captured. May 10. Jefiferson Davis captured at Irwinville 75 miles south- west of Macon, Ga , by the 4th Michigan cavalry under Col. Pritchard of Gen. Wilson's command. Also his wife, mother, Postmaster-general Regan, Col. Harrison, Private Secretary] Col. Johnson and other military characters. May 4. Gen. Dick Taylor sun-enders. May 8. The International Exhibition opened at Dublin. May 11. The Italian court removed to Florence. May 19. Rebel Gov. Watts of Alabama arrested. May 21. Rebel Gov. Letcher of Virginia arrested. May 22. Proclamation opening Southern ports, and exception- al amnesty. May 24. Grand review of Gen. Sherman's army at Washing- ton. Jefferson Davis indicted for treason. May 26. Kirby Smith surrendered. The last armed rebel organization has succumbed. May 27. Inauguration of the statue of Napoleon I. at Ajacio by Prince Napoleon, who makes an imprudent speech on that occasion. May 15 ; he is censured by Napoleon III. and resigns his ofl&ce. May 31. Rebel Gen. Hood and staff surrendered. June 8. Sir Joseph Paxtou, English landscape gardener and designer of the " Crystal Palace"" died aged 62 years. June 26. Recognition of the new kingdom of Italy by Spain. June 29. Battle of Alsen, Denmark. July 4. Resignation of Lord Chancellor Westbury. July 7. The assassins of President Lincoln hung. Aug. 12. Sir William Jackson Hooker, English botanist died aged 80 years. Aug. The cholera breaks out at Constantinople and rages with great violence. Sept. 2. End of the second Maori war, New Zealand. Sept. 9. The emperor and empress of the French meet the queen of Spain at St. Sebastian. Sept. 20. Austria announces conciliatory intentions respectino- Croatia and Hungary. ^ Sept. 23. Amicable relations between Great Britain and Bra- zil restored Aug. ; an English minister re(!eived by the em- peror of Brazil. Sept. 27. Pope Pius IX. condemns Freemasonry and Fenian- Oct. 18. Death of Lord Palmerston of England. A. D. 1865 Oci. 24. Capture and execution of Paul Bogle, the Jamaica negro and leader of the late insurrection in the island. Nov. 1. John Lindley, English botanist died aged 66 years. Nov. 2. National Thanksgiving. Nov. 9. Rebel privateer Shenandoah surrenders at Livei-pool. having destroyed about 30 vessels ; crew released. Nov. 10. Execution of Wirz the rebel prison keeper for cru- elty to U. S. prisoners. Nov. 12. Mrs. Elizabeth C. G-askell, English novelist died aged 55 years. Nov. 24. Arrest and imprisonment of James Stephens " head centre " of the Irish Fenians, in Richmond Bridewell, Dub- lin Nov. 11 ; he escapes. Dec. 4. President Johnson delivers his message to Congress. Dec. 6. The union of Hungary and Transylvania affirmed by the Transylvania Diet. Dec. 9. Death of Leopold I. king of the Belgians. Dec. 11. Sir Henry Storks appointed temporary governor of Jamaica. Dec. 18. Sir Henry Storks leaves England as special commis- sioner to examine into the circumstances attending the re- volt of Jamaica. 1866 Jan. 4. Military insurrection in Spain, headed by Gen. Prim ; martial law in jMadrid. Feb. 14. A general amnesty issued by Austria to those con- demned in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, Jan. 1 ; ex- tended to the Tyrol. Feb. 17. Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. Feb. 23. War declared between Spain and Peru, owing to the former having seized the Chincha Islands oflf the coast of Peru. March" 24. Death of Marie Amelie, ex-queen of the French at Claremont. March 25. Capture of Chihuahua, Mexico, by the Juarists. April 2. President Johnson issues a proclamation declaring " that the insurrection which heretofore existed in the States of Greorgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ten- nessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Flor- ida is at an end and henceforth to be so regarded." April IG. Unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Alexander II. of Russia by Karakasow. May 7. Count Bismarck's life attempted by Blind. May 12. Prussia concludes a conditional treaty of alliance with Italy. May 29. Death of Gen. Winfield Scott, aged 80 years. June 2. Fort Erie, in Canada, occupied by a party of Feni- ans under Col. O'Neil May 31 ; they are defeated an^d O'Neil killed. June 6. Inflammatory addresses issued to the Hungarians by Kossuth. 1866 June 7. President Johnson issues a proclamation against the Fenian movement in the United States. June 11. Napoleon III. expresses his desire to avoid partici- pation in a continental war and states his opinion that Aus- tria for an equitable compensation should cede Venetia to Italy. June 12. The Prussians enter Holstein June 7 and Altona June 12. ; the Austrian ambassador leaves Berlin. June 12. Marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge with Prince Francis Lewis Paul Alexander von Teck. June 15. An ultimatum forwarded by Prussia to the govern- ments of Saxony, Hanover, Hesse Cassel and Nassau rejected by all ; war declared against Saxony. June 16. Austria declares her intention to support Saxony against Prussia. June 17. The Prussians enter Hanover and occupy Dresden ; war formally declared by Prussia against Austria. June 20. Italy declares war against Austria. June 23. Matamoras, Mexico surrendered to the Juarists by the Imperialists. June 24. Repulse of the Prussians in Galicia. June 27. Defeat of the Austrians at Nachod; defeat of the Prussians again in Galicia ; defeat of the Hanoverians at Langensalza. July 3. Battle of Sadowa or Konigsgratz ; Prussians victori- ous. Battle of Montesuello, Italy ; Garibaldi defeated. July 5. Marriage of Princess Helena of Great Britain with Prince Christian Charles Augustus of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Augustenburg. July 16. Sir J. P. Grant appointed governor of Jamacia, " vice " John Edward Eyre. July 26. A preliminary treaty of peace signed at Nikolsburg between Austria and Prussia ; battle of Wurzburg. July 13-27. The Atlantic telegraph successfully laid between Great Britain and America. July 28. Congress adjourns. The queen Dowager of the Sandwich Islands, Emma, returns to her kingdom after a year's visit to England. Aug. 9. Revolt in Candia breaks out against Turkish domin- ion. Aug. 23. Peace between Prussia and Austria signed at Prague. Sept. 8. Recovery and completion of the Atlantic cable of 1865. Sept. 24. Great reform demonstration at Manchester. Sept. Diplomatic relations between Prussia and Austria re- sumed. Arrival of the Empress of Mexico in Europe. Oct. 3. The treaty of peace between Austria and Italy signed A.D. at Vienna; Austria consents to the union of Venetia to Ikilj and cedes the Quadrilateral. 18G6 Oct. 21. Peace between Prussia and Saxony signed at Berlin. Nov. 5. The king of Italy declares that the provinces of Ve- netia henceforth form an integral part of the kingdom of Italy. Nov. 19. All the Diets of the Austrian empire meet, with the exception of Hungary. Opening of the Hungarian Diet at Pesth. Dec. 8. Pope Pius IX. addresses an invitation to Roman Cath- olic bishops to assemble at Rome in June, 1867, to celebrate the 18th century of the martyrdom of the apostles Peter and Paul, and the canonization of several of the faithful. Dec. 2-11. Departure of the French garrison from Rome. Dec. 13. Suffrage given to colored men in the District of Co- lumbia, by act of Congress. 1867 Jan. 24. Schleswig-Holstein formally incorporated with the Prussian monarchy. Feb. 5. Parliament opened by queen Victoria. Feb. 8. The treaty between the states of the new North Ger- man Confederation signed at Berlin. Feb. 10. Baron Beust succeeds count Belcredi as Prime Min- ister for Austria. Feb. 14. The French Chambers opened by the emperor. Feb. 16. Announcement of the reconstruction of the Italian ministry. Feb. 18. Imperial rescript read in the Hungarian Diet an- nouncing the restoration of the Hungarian constitution. Feb. 20. The Princess of Wales gives birth to a son. Feb. 26. The British North American Confederation Bill passed by the House of Lords. Feb. Nebraska admitted into the Union as a state. March 2. " Tenure of Office " bill passed. Military government for the South. March 6. Great earthquake at Mitylene ; half the town de- stroyed. March 16. The evacuation of Mexico by the French expedi- tionary force completed. March 22. The New Italian Parliament opened by the king. March 30. The sale of Russian America to the United States announced in New York. Despatch addressed by lord Stanley to the Spanish government demanding compensation and an apology for the seizure af the " Queen Victoria.'' April 1. The Paris International Exhibition opened by the emperor. April 8. Special commission for the trial of Fenian prisoners oj)ened at Dublin. April 10. Treaty for the purchase of Russian America ap- proved by the senate. A. D. 18G7 April 11. Sigiior Rattazzi announces tlie formation of a new Italian ministry and its policy. April 17. The first session of the new North Grermau Parlia- ment closes, the constitution having been passed. The illegality of the capture of the "Queen Victoria" recog- nized by the prize court at Cadiz. April 19. The citadel of Belgrade given up to the Servian au- thorities. April 22. Announcement made that the Spanish government has agreed to restore the " Queen Victoria " and her cargo. April 29. The Prussiau Parliament opened by the king. May 1. The Fenian prisoners Burke and Doran convicted of treason at Dublin and sentenced to death. May 8. The North German Constitution adopted by the Prus- sian Chamber of Deputies by 226 to 9 votes. May 13. The Reform Bill for Scotland introduced by Mr. Dis- raeli. Jefferson Davis released on bail by the Richmond court. May 15. Queretaro and the emperor JMaximilian betrayed to the Juarist Gen. Escobedo by the Imperialist Gen. Lopez. May 20. The foundation stone of the Hall of Arts and Sciences at Kensington laid by the queen. May 21. Royal proclamation issued declaring the British North American provinces one dominion with the name of Canada. May 22. The Austrian Reichsrath opened by the emperor. May 27. The reprieve of the Fenian convict Burke an- nounced in both Houses of Parliament. May 28. The franchise clauses of the Reform Bill in England completed. May 31. The North German Constitution adopted by the Prussian Chambers by 127 to 93. June 8. The emperor of Austria crowned king of Hungary at Pesth. June 9. The expedition fitted out to ascertain the fate of Dr. Livingstone leaves England. June 17. Serious riots take place in Birmingham occasioned by the visit of Murphy the anti-papal lecturer. June 19. The emperor Maximilian and Gens. Miramon and Mejia executed at Queretaro, Mexico. June 20. The city of Mexico sui-rcnders to the Juarists after a siege of 69 days. June 27. Vera Cruz occupied by the Juarists. June 29. Gorgeous ceremony at St. Peter's at Rome in connec- tion with the celebration of the eighteenth centenary of St. Peter. The Viceroy of Egypt received by the queen at Windsor Castle. July 13. Public entry of the Sultan into London, July 12; the Sultan pays a formal visit of ceremony to the queen at Windsor. y A.D 1807 July 15. Berezowski sentenced to transportation for life for attem])tiug to assassinate tlie Czar of Russia. Juarez makes a triumphal entry into the city of Mexico. July 19. Supplementary Reconstruction Bill passed by Con- gress, over the President's veto. July 20. Congress adjourned until November. July 23. The Sultan leaves London for the continent. Aug. 5. Demonstration in Hyde Park against the Parks Bill and the Lords' amendment to the Reform Bill. Aug. 19. The Italian Chambers prorogued. Aug. 21. Parliament prorogued by Royal Commission ; reso- lution to despatch an expedition to Abyssinia announced in the queen's speech. Aug. 25. Michael Faraday, professor of chemistry died. Sept. 13. The first session of the North Grer.man Parliament opened by the king of Prussia. Sept. 16. Pioneer force of the Abyssinian expedition under the command of Col. IMerewether, despatched from Bombay. Sept. 21. Great battle in Affghanistan; the troops of Shere Ali Khan defeated and their Greneral, Fyz Mohammed Khan killed. Sept. 23. Garibaldi arrested at Sinalunga by the Italian Gov- ernment. Sept, 23. The Prussian Chambers dissolved by royal decree. Oct. 4. Col. Merewether's exploring force lands at Zulla, in Abyssinia. Oct. 5. Bagnorre recaptured by the Papal Zouaves. Oct. 8. Russian America formally transferred to the United States at New Archangel. Oct. 13. Engagement between the Papal troops and the Gari- baldians at Monte Libretto. Oct. 14. The Papal Zouaves repulsed in an attack on the Gar- ibaldians at Nerola. Oct. 19. Garibaldi escapes from Caprera at night. Oct. 21. The advance brigade of the Abyssinian expedition, under Col. Field, lands at Zulla. Oct. 22. Unsuccessful insurrectionary outbreak in Rome. Oct. 22. Garibaldi, after two days' stay in Florence leaves for the Roman frontier. Oct. 26. A French squadron of iron-clads leaves Toulon for Civita Vecchia with troops. Oct. 26. Monte Rotondo captured by Garibaldi. Oct. 27. Proclamation issued by the king of Italy calling up- on the Garibaldians to desist from their invasion of the papal states. Oct. 29. The French troops disembark at Civita Vecchia. Fearful hurricane in the West Indies ; sixty vessels wrecked and 500 lives lost at St. Thomas. Oct. 30. French troops enter Rome. Italian troops cross the Roman frontier. A. D 1867 Nov. 1. Five of the Fenian prisoners.at Manchester sentenced to death. Destructive cyclone at Calcutta and throughout Bengal ; up^ wards of 1,000 lives lost. Nov. 3. Garibaldi attacked and defeated by the French and papal troops at Mentana. Nov. 3. The Paris Exhibition closes. Nov. 4. Garibaldi arrested on his way to Leghorn to embark for Caprera. Nov. 5. The Italian troops withdrawn from the papal territory. Death of Marshal O'Doanell at Biarritz. Nov. 7. The first session of the Canadian United Parliament opened by lord Monck. Nov. 12. Admiral TegethofF leaves Mexico with the late Em- peror Maximilian's body. Nov. 15. The new Prussian parliament opened. Nov. 18. The French Chambers opened by the Emperor. St. Thomas and the neighboring islands visited by severe shocks of earthquake and volcanic eruptions. Nov. 19. British Parliament opened by Royal Commission. Nov. 23. Allen, Larkin and Gould executed at Manchester for the murder of Sergeant Brett. Nov. 26. Garibaldi released and sent to Caprera. Dec. 3. The French flag formally lowered at Rome. The President's message sent to Congress. Dec. 5. Amnesty issued by the king of Italy to all engaged in the invasion of the Papal States. Dec. 6. The advance brigade of the Abyssinian expedition reaches Senafe. Dec. 1 2. Proclamation issued by the Irish government forbid- ditig further contemplated funeral processions. Dec. 13. The wall of the Clerkenwell House of Detention blown down by Fenians, causing the death of six persons and seriously injuring more than forty. Dec 17. Terribfe explosion of nitro-glycerine at Newcastle, England, causing seven deaths. Dec. 18. Mr. John Martin and other leaders of the Dublin funeral procession committed for trial for misdemeanor. Dec. 21. Sir Robert Napier sails from Bombay for Abyssina. Dec. 22. The resignation of the Italian ministry announced by Gen. ]\Ienabrea in the Chambers. Gen. Menabrea com- missioned to form a new cabinet. Dec. 31. Appointment of the new Austrian ministry for the countries represented in the Reichsrath. 1868 Jan. 1. Gen. A. D. McCook succeeds Gen. McKenzie in the sub-district of the Rio Grande. The Austrian government forbade recruiting for the Papal army in the Empire. Japan. The Ports of Hiogo and Osaka definitely opened to foreign commerce A. D. 1868 Mexico. Serious revolution in Yucatan. Jan. 2. Gov. Flanders of Louisiana resigned and Joshua Baker was appointed his successor by Gen. Hancock. Jan. 4. The Captain-General of Cuba placed the island under military government. Jan. 5. United States Military Asylum at Augusta, Maine, destroyed by fire. Alarming eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Jan. 6. (Congress met. The President censured in the House for removing Gen. Sheridan. Gen. Meade assumed command of the third Military District, consisting of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Jan. 6-8. Peru. Insurrection at Lima. The whole country under control of the revolutionists, under Canseco. Jan. 10. Secretary Seward announced to the House that 21 States had ratified the 14th article of the amendment to the Constitution. Jan. 11. The Chinese Government appointed Anson Burlin- game, formerly U. S. Minister in Pekin, its special envoy to all the treaty powers, at a salary of $40,000. Japan. Admiral Bell, Flag-Lieut. Reed, and ten seamen of the Flagship Hartford drowned while crossing the Osaka Bar. Jan. 13. The U. S. House of Representatives passed a bill declaring that five members shall constitute a quorum of the Supreme Court, and that a concurrence of two-thirds of all the members shall be necessary to a decision adverse to the validity of any law passed by Congress. Ecuador. Dr. Xavi^r Espinosa elected President of the Re- public. Jan. 14. The Virginia Constitutional Convention declared that Virginia shall forever remain in the Union, and that slavery is forever abolished in the State. Jan. 15. Gen. Pope assigned to the command of the Depart- ment of the Lakes with headquarters at Detroit. China. Envoy Burlingame and suite beset by robbers while en-route from J^ekin to Shanghai. Austria. Arrival at Trieste of the remains of Emperor Maxi- milian. Jan. 16. Hayti. Salnave refused to permit any more French clergymen to enter the island. Jan. 19. Japan. Severe fighting at Yeddo, between the Ty- coon and Mikado's armies. Jan. 21. The House of Representatives passed the supple- ment to the reconstruction bill by 123 to 45. Mexico. Revolt in Sonora. The town of Mazatlan threat- ened by rebels. The revolutionary attempts in Yucatan sup- pressed. Jan. 24. Fifty thousand American breech-loading rifles ordered by the Spanish Minister of War. A. D. 1868 Jan. 26. The Mexican Imperialist, Gen. Marguez arrived at New Orleans, having escaped from Mexico in disguise. Jan. 29. The President instructed Gen. Grant in writing not to obey any order from the War Department, unless author- ized by himself. Jan. Argentine Kep. Rosario, on the Parana River, in rebel- lion against the authority of President Mitre, declared for Gen. TJrquiza. John Henry Hopkins, J). D., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont died aged 76 years. Brazil. A general conscription ordered to provide reiuforce- ments for the army on the Rio Parana. Peru. Callao pronounced against Col. Prado, who retired to Lima after a disastrous defeat before Arequipa. The insurrection in San Domingo gaining ground. Gen. Baez proclaimed President. Denmark. The treaty concerning the sale of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John unanimously adopted. Battle between the Cretans and the Turks ; the Turks defeated. Death of William B. Bradbury, American musical composer aged 52 years. Feb. 1. Mexico. National troops under Gen. Allatorre defeat- ed the insurgents in Yucatan in a two days' fight. A terrific storm prevailed over all England. Feb. 5. Congress passed a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to employ counsel to defend Generals or other persona entrusted with reconstruction, in cases brought against them for their acts under the reconstruction laws. Feb. 6-8. Ministerial crisis in Greece, Cabinet and Parlia- ment dissolved. Feb. 9. France consented to expel the Hanoverian political refugees from her soil. Thermometer 51 degrees below zero in Wisconsin. Feb. 10. Fenian riots and deadly assaults on the police in Cork. President Cabral of San Domingo fled with his cabinet. Feb. 12. The President formed a new military Division called the Department of the Atlantic, and appointed Lieut. Gen. Sherman to its command. Gen. Sheridan ordered temporarily to command the Division of Missouri. Lieut. Gen. Sherman nominated General by brevet. Gen. L. Thomas reinstated as Adjutant-General of the army. Feb. 13. Opening of the English Parliament without royal speech. Feb. 14. Lieut. Gen. Sherman requested that the Senate do not confirm the brevet of General conferred on him by the President. Feb. 15. Gen. Venancio Flores, Uruguay, replaced in the hands* of Parliament the pow«r he had exercised for three years. A. t>. 1868 Feb. 17 Count Bismark serio isly ill. Feb. 18 Senate bill passed for tbe reduction of the army. Paraguay. The allied armies oi' Brazil, Uruguay and the Ai gentine Confederation attacked the fortress of Humaitd Loss of the Paraguayans, about 1,C00 men. Feb. 19. Defeat of the Turks near the town of Canea. New revolt in Uruguay. Ex-Governor V. Flores assassinated at Montevideo ; his murderers shot and order restored. Feb. 20. Italy creates the order of the Crown. Feb. 21. The President ordered the removal of Secretary Stanton from the War office and authorized Gen. Thomas to act as Secretary of War " ad interim." Stanton decided to retain personal possession of the office until action in the matter be taken by the Senate. The Senate disapprove the action of the President, declaring it to be unconstitutional. Feb. 21. The port of Amapola, Guatemala opened to foreign commerce for twenty years. Feb. 22. Adjutant Gen. Thomas arrested for violation of the tenure of office bill on complaint of Secretary Stanton. He is released on $10,000 bail. Hayti. Salnave defeated near Cape Haytien. Gen. Salomon proclaimed President. Feb. 23. Conclusion of a treaty between the North German Confederation and the United States, concerning the nation- ality of persons emigrating from one of the two countries to the other. Feb. 24. The United States House of Representatives resolve by a vote of 126 to 47, that " Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misde- meanors." The President sent a message to the Senate vin- dicating his position. Feb. 25. The Committee of the House appointed Boutwell, Stevens, Bingham and Wilson a sub-committee to take evi- dence and prepare articles of impeachment. The House informed the Senate and presented their action in regard to impeachment of President Johnson. The Florida Convention adopted the new Constitution. England. Count Derby resigned on account of ill health; Disraeli charged with the formation of a new cabinet. Feb. 26. Gen. L. Thomas discharged from arrest and began a suit against Secretary Stanton for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, setting his damages at $150,000. An amendatory, reconstruction bill passed Congress, providing that any election in the Southern States should be decided by a majority of the votes- actually cast. Feb. 28. Ex-king Louis I. of Bavaria died. Feb. 29. The impeachment articles presented to the House. Feb. Severe earthquakes at La Union, Nicaragua. Santos Gutierrez proclaimed Presidert oi" the Republic of Co- lombia, S. A. A. D. ISviJ The government of Portugal authorized the laying of a tele graphic cable across the Atlantic. Rear Admiral Frederick Engle died at Philadelphia aged 68 years. March 1. Uruguay. Gen. Battle unanimously elected Presi- dent of the Republic. Italy. Admiral Farragut addressed by the workingmen of Genoa and the American people complimented for their liberal feeling. March 2. The Senate adopted a code of procedure for an im- peachment trial. The House adopted nine articles of im- peachment and appointed seven managers of the impeachment trial. Confiscation of the property of ex-king George of Hanover. Forty-eight Paraguayan boats carrying 1,200 men repulsed in their attempt to board the Brazilian iron-clads in the Parana above Humaitd,. March 4. Prince Lucien Bonaparte created a cardinal. March 5. The Senate organizes a court for the trial of Presi- dent Johnson on the. articles of impeachment. Chief Jus- tice Chase took the required oath. March 5. Ball Hughes, American sculptor died aged 62 years March 6. President Johnson summoned to appear before the courts of impeachment on the 18th of March. March 7. The National Assembly of Crete sent an appeal tu the United States. March 12. The House passed the bill to abolish the tax on manufactures, yeas 122, nays 2. Trial of JeiF. Davis postponed till April 14th. Prince Alfred of England wounded by a pistol shot by the Fenian O'Farrell at Port Jackson, Australia. ^' March 13. The President asked forty days' time to prepare his answer to the articles of impeachment. The Senate ex- tended the time till March 23. .^ The Grand Vizier declared ofiicially that the war in Crete was at an end. March 14. Gen. Grant directed Gen. Thomas to call for all the troops necessary to preserve order in Tennessee. Election held in Arkansas. Peru. A plot to reinstate Prado discovered among the soldiery. The leaders were imprisoned. March 17. The pope rejected Napoleon's plan for a settlement with Italy. March 18. The House passed the bill providing that in case of the death or removal of the Chief Justice, the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court shall perform the duties of Chief Justice. Admiral Farragut received by the Pope of Rome. March 23. The High Court of Impeachment opened for the trial of President Johnson. The President filed his answer A.D. to the articles of impeachment. His counsel asks for further delay. '8G8 The king of Prussia in his speech at the opening of the x^orth German parliament refers hopefully to the probable effect of the American naturalization treaty. Austria. The new law ou marriage, in opposition to the Con- cordat adopted by the Upper House with only 17 dissenting votes. March 24. Vienna illuminated amidst general rejoicing on account of the virtual repeal of the Concordat with Rome. Gen. Buchanan succeeded Gen. Hancock in the command of the 5th Military District. Colombia. The revolutionary party in Tolima defeated. March 26. The Senate passed the Habeas Corpus appeal bill over the President's veto. They also ratified the treaty with the North German confederation recognizing the rights of naturalized citizens. March 27. The House passed the Supreme Court bill over the President's veto. March 28. A new indictment found against JeiF. Davis by the United States Grand Jury at Richmond. March 30. G. A. Ashburn, a member of the Constitutional Convention assassinated at Columbus, Ga. Gen. B. F. Butler of Mass., opened in the Court of Impeach- ment, the prosecution on the part of the managers. Spain. The government excluded all American newspapers. Abyssinia. King Theodorus at Magdala ready for the siege on the arrival of the English army. April 1. The Reichsrath, Austria, passed the bill for a general system of education by public schools. April 4. The case for the prosecution in the Court of Impeach- ment closed. Gen. Schofield appointed Henry H. Wells, Governor of Vir- ginia. April 7. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian statesman, assassi- nated at Ottawa, aged 43 years. April 9. The counsel for President Johnson opened the argu- ment for the defence in the Court of Impeachment. April 10. Gen. Napier defeated the Emperor Theodorus at Magdala. Theodorus sent the European prisoners to the British camp and attempted to negotiate. Gen. Napier demanded an un- conditional surrender. April 13. The Fortress of Magdala carried by storm and empe- ror Theodorus killed. Gen. Meade ordered a new election in Georgia. April 15. Impeachment trial resumed. • April 17. Magdala burned down by order of Gen. Napier. April 18. The British army began its march from Abyssinia April 20. The evidence in the Impeachment trial closed. A. D. 1868 April 23. Charles Dickens loft the TJnited States. April 24. A treaty of peace concluded at Fort Laramie, !);» kotah Territory, with the Sioux Indians. April 29. Austria. The Upper House adopted the decree abolishing the Council of State. April. The Cacos defeated the government troops and took several town.s in Hayti. San Domingo. Gen. Baez having repulsed the insurgents seized the capital, reestablished military authority and took the oath as President of the llepublic. May 2. The new President Baez inaugurated ; he appointed his ministry. May 3. Terrific tornado at Shanghai, near Galesburg, Illinois. The Cretans defeated the Turks near Sphakia. May 6. The argument in the Impeachment trial closed by Mr. Bingham. May 8. The House passed the bill providing for the admission of Arkansas; yeas 110, nays 32. March 12. Japan. The Mikado threatened the city of Yeddo. The Tycoon ofi'ered to retire and disband his army if the place was spared. The city was surrendered to the Mikado; but the officers in command refused to surrender the fleet and left Yeddo with the ships. May 14. The Protestant Bishops of Ireland send an address to the queen of England, protesting against the abolition of the Irish Church. The bill passed providing for the admission of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama. May IG. The Court of Impeachment voted as follows on the Eleventh Article : for conviction 36, (all Rep.,) for acquittal, 19 (12 Dem., 7 Hep.) May 17. The civil war in Japan in fierce progress. May 21. The Senate appointed a select committee of three tc investigate whether improper means had been used to influ- ence Senators in their consideration of the articles of Im- peachment. Gen. U. S. Grant unanimously nominated by the Chicago Con- vention as the Republican candidate for President. Schuy- ler Colfax nominated as candidate for Vice President. A German expedition to the North Pole left Bergen, Norway in the ship Germania. May 22. Arrival of the Chinese Embassy in New York. May 23. Kit Carson, a noted American trapper and, pioneer died at Fort Lynn, Colorado, aged 58 years. May 25. Russia. The Bokharians defeated in a battle near Samarcar.d. May 26. Impeachment trial concluded. The vote on the 2d and 3d articles resulted in 35 for conviction and 19 for ac- quittal. The Impeachment having failed by this result t'le High Court adjourned " sine die." A. D. 1868 May 29. The Grand Army of the Republic decorated with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers in cemeteries through- out the country. Levi Lincoln, Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, died aged 75 years. Heavy shocks of earthquake at Sacramento. May 30. A treaty between the U. S. Government and the Osage Nation. May. Chili rescinded the free trade ti-eaty with the Argentine Confederation. Paraguay. Lopez repulsed the combined attack on his position at Humaitft, after a desperate battle. Venezuela. Compromise between the belligerents by which the existing government was acknowledged. Pekin seriously menaced by the rebels of the North. June 1. Another great battle between the Russians and Bokharians. Russians victorious. June 2. The Chinese Embassy formally received by the Sec- retary of State. June 3. Trial of JeiF. Davis again postponed till November. June 4. Ex-President Buchanan buried at Wheatland, Penn. June 5. Burlingame and the Chinese Embassy received by President Johnson. June 6. Russia. The Emperor mitigated the sentence of many exiles in Siberia and published an amnesty for politi- cal crimes. June 9. The Mount Cenis railway opened across the Alps. June 10. The Senate passed the bill for the admission of the Southern States with only five negative votes. June 12. Reverdy Johnson confirmed as Minister to England. June 16. Gov. Humphreys of Mississippi removed by Gen. McDowell, and Gen. Ames appointed military governor in his stead. June 19. The House passed the Senate bill, giving thanks to Secretary Stanton. June 20. The House passed the bill for the admission of Ar- kansas over the President's veto without debate. Beginning of difficulties between Mr. Washburn, U. S. Ambas- sador and the government of Paraguay. Gumecindo Benitez, Minister of Foreign affairs, alleged that certain foreigners charged with conspiracy against President Lopez, were shel- tered in the Legation of the United States. June 23. The French General Dumont announced in Civita Vecchia that Napoleon would not abandon the pope. The Alaska appropriation bill passed by Congress. June 24. The Senate ratified the Chinese treaty. The House passed a bill for the immediate reorganization of the states of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. June 25. The Freedmen's Bureau bill passed over the Presi- dent's veto. A. D. LSQ8 Juue 25. Portugal. A general amnesty for political crimes. Germany. The Luther monument inaugurated at Worms in presence of the king of Prussia and other sovereigns. England. The Irish Keform bill passed by the House of Com- mons. June 26. Revolution in Venezuela; the government troops defeated by the insurgents n>:;ar Caracas on the 22d. Gen. Monagas demanded the surrender of the city. The gov- ernment troops surrendered on the 26th after having fought for 75 houi'S in the streets and h.ouses. President Falcon fled from the country. The leader of the revolutionary forces proclaimed a new government which was recognized by the foreign representatives. June 28. Gov. Baker and Lieut. Gov. Voorhies of Louisiana removed by order of Gen. Grant. June 30. Japan. The Foreign Ministers issued a united pro- test against the Mikado's persecution of native Christians. June. Sarmionto elected President of the Argentine Repub- lic. Hayti. Desperate battle near Port-au-Prince. The rebels defeated by Salnave. The Foreign Ministers in Athens protested against the admis- sion of Candia members to the Legislature of Greece. July 2. British Parliament passed a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier and the army of Abyssinia. July 4. President Johnson issued a proclamation of general amnesty and pardon to all engaged in the late rebellion ex- cept those already indicted for treason or other felony. July 5. The Prime Minister of Austria declared the inter- meddling of the pope with the domestic legislation a violation of the independence and dignity of the Empire. Turkey. Bloody conflict between the Christians and Turks at Scutari. One-half of Yeddo, Japan destroyed by fire. July 7. Thaddeus Stevens presented articles of impeachment against President Johnson. July 10. The Paraguayans defeated the Brazilian forces under Gen. Osorio near Humaitd. The allies lost 1,000 men. July 11. Commodore James F. Miller died at Charlestown, Mass. aged 76 years. July 13. Mr. Washburn, the U. S. Ambassador declined to deliver up Messrs. Bliss an American, and JMasterman, an Englishman, as requested by ihe Paraguayan government and demanded his passports. July 15. William M. JJvarts of New York confirmed as Attor- ney General. Commodore Guert Gansevoort died at Schenectady, New York aged 56 years. July 16. The Senate passed a bill to extend the laws of th? United States over Alaska, 19 A. D. 1868 Riot at Millican, Texas which continued four days. For'^yfive persons were killed. July 17. The Senate passed the bill appropriating $7,200,000 in coin for the payment of Alaska. July 18. Paraguay. The allies again repulsed at Humaitd with a loss of l.UOO men. July 19. The Emperor Napoleon made a pacific speech at Paris. Moses Yale Beach, American journalist, for many years propri- etor of the " New York Sun," died aged 68 years. July 21. Congress passed a resolution declaring the 14th arti- cle ratified. The Senate passed a resolution appealing to the Turkish government in behalf of the Cretans. June 22. The House passed the bill organizing Wyoming Territory. July 25. The fortress Humaita abandoned. The allies took possession of it. The remnant of the garrison surrounded on its retreat and after a desperate struggle of ten days sur- rendered. July 27. Greece. Mr Tuckcrman, U. S. Minister, thanked by the IMetrojiolitan of Athens for the sympathy of the United States with the Greek nation. Gen. Rosecrans confirmed as Minister to Mexico. July 31. Mr. Washburn charged with &mspiracy with Ex- Minister Berges against President Lopez of Paraguay. July. Dr. Amador (conservative) elected President of the state of Panama. A revolution broke out; the acting Pres- ident was arrested and Gen. Ponce commander of the state troops was inaugurated Provisional President. Violent shocks of earthquake in St. Thomas. The government of Germany stopped all prosecutions against adopted citizens of America, of German birth. Arrival of the first cargo of Japanese emigrants at the Sand- wich Islands. Aug. 1. Gen. Jefi". C. Davis assigned to the command of the Military District of Alaska. Col. Balta took the oath of office as President of Peru. Aug. 3. Mr. Washburn indignantly denied the charge of con- spiracy against President Lopez. Failure of the Atlantic cable of 1866. Charles G. Halpine, better known as " Miles O'Riley," died at New York aged 39 years. Aug. 6. Queen Victoria in Paris. The first colored jury impaneled in Tenn. at Nashville. Aug. 11. Thaddeus Stevens, M. C. from Penn. died at Wash- ington aged 75 years. Gen. Gillem assumed the command of the department of Mis- sissippi. Aug. 13. Terrible earthquake in South America. A large num- ber of towns in Ecuador and Peru entirely destroyed. Great A. D. damage done to the buildings in Quito. The loss of life estimated at 30,000. The U. S. ship Fredonia at Arica, Peru was dashed to pieces and her crew lost. The man-of- war Wateree was carried half a mile inland by a tidal wave. 1868 Aug. 14. Encke's comet observed from the Naval Observatory at Washington. Aug. 17. The National Teachers' association met at Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 20. The Chinese embassy in Boston. Aug. 22. Gen. Sheridan ordered to pursue and punish the hos- tile Indians in Kansas. Aug. 23. Assassination of Gen. Patoni in Mexico. Aug. 24. Death of Charles Loring Elliot, a distinguished American portrait painter aged 56 years. Aug. 29. Another revolution breaks out in Panama. Gen. Correoso compelled President Ponce to resign, and proclaimed himself provisional President. Aug. 31. A portion of the French troops recalled from Rome. Aug. Severe earthquake at Copiapo, Chili. Several volcanoes in the South in active operation. Aug. The revolution still in fierce progress in Hayti. A tidal wave caused the tide to rise upwards of 60 feet in Lower California. Gen. Escobedo defeated two bands of in- surgents near Qucretai'o, Mexico. Revolution in San Domingo. The whole country in revolt against President Baez. The Turkish troops defeated the insurgents in Bulgaria. Admiral Farragut in Constantinople. Death of Gen. B. F. Smith at Fort Reno, Washington Terri- tory, aged 37 years. Sept. Mr. Washburn embarks on board the U. S. war steamer Wasp. Sept. 3. Georgia legislature declared negroes ineligible to seats. Sept. 7. The Puebla rebellion put down. Sept. 9. The Chinese embassy sailed for Europe. Sept. 10. The Lincoln monument association adopted the design of the American sculptor Mead. Sept. 16. The billiard championship won at Chicago by Mc- Devitt, against Dion of Montreal. Sept. 17. Garibaldi resigns his seat in the National Parliament. Sept. 18. Gen. Hindman assassinated at Helena, Arkansas. Spain. Outbreak of the revolution. Admiral Topete who commanded the naval forces of Cadiz revolted. All the exiled Gen-erals returned. Sept. 24. Paraguay. The allied land forces repulsed at Villeta. Severe fight on the Delaware Fork between Col. Forsyth and Indians. Sept. 28. Spain, Battle of Alcola. The royal troops de- feated. A. D. 1868 Spain. Sept. 29. Madoz declared President of the provisional junta. The dejx)sition of the queen officially proclaimed. . Sept. 30. Queen Isabella of Spain flees to France. Sept. The siege of Port-au-Prince raised, Gen. Faubert being short of ammunition. Rev. Phineas D. Gurley, D. D., Presbyterian clergyman died at Washington aged 52 years. Death of Seba Smith, author of " Major Jack Downing's Let- ters," aged 76. Oct. 7. Death of Gen. Adam J. Slemmer at Fort Laramie. Oct. 16. The new Spanish government introduced many im- portant reforms, such as universal Suffrage, religious liberty, trial by jury, and equality of all men before the law. Oct. 21. Serious earthquakes in California. Randolph, a negro preacher and a member of the South Caro- lina Senate assassinated at Cokesville. James Hind, meujber of Congress from Arkansas assiissinated. Oct. 25. Col. Carpenter defeated the Cheyennes and Arrapor hoes, at Buftalo station, Kansas. Nov. 14. Death of Rossini, the great musical composer. Nov. 15. Death of Baron Rothschild. Nov. 23. Gen. Howard issued an order for the discontinuance of the Freedmen's Bureau after Jan. 1st, except the educa- tional department and the collection of uloney due to soldiers. Nov. 25. Hiram Mattison, D. D., a distinguished Methodist clergyman died aged 54 years. Nov. 28. Death of Laban Clark, D. D., a distinguished Meth- odist Episcopal clergyman aged 90 years. Nov. 29. Death of Com. Lawrence Kearney aged 79 years. Death of President MonagMS of Venezuela. Dec. 6. Ku-klux outrages in Tennessee. Dec. 7. Congress met. Death of Gen. William Gates. Dec. 9. Rising of the republicans in Spain. A bloody conflict. Dec. 14. The House agreed to a resolution to sustain the pub- lic credit. Dec. 20. Augustus S. Mitchell, American geographer died. Dec. 25. President Johnson issued a universal amnesty proc- lamation. Dec. 27. Garibaldi issued an encouraging manifesto to the Cretans. Dec. 29. Mosby Clarke, a revolutionary soldier died at Rich- mond, Va., at the advanced age of 121 years. Dec. 30. Gen. Sheridan captured the Indian chiefs, Santanta and Lone Wolf. The Grecian government refused the demands of the Sultan. The republican party in Spain developed great- strength. The Russian flag burned in the streets of Constantinople. Pulgar confirmed as provisional President of Venezuela. Missionaries discovered evidences of great mineral wealth in China. A. D. 1868 Dec. On the overthrow of Lopez the Gran Chaco was fullj incorporated into the Argentine Republic. Gen. McMahon, the ambassador to Paraguay, having received instructions to proceed to Asuncion with Kear Admiral Da- vis and a naval squadron and redress the wrongs committed on American citizens,, arrived at his destination and presented his demand to President Lopez, who had established his headquarters at Luque. President ]x>pez so far acceded to this demand as to release tJie prisoners, Bliss and Masterraan to Admiral Davis, on condition that they should be tried in the United Stiites. Lopez was soon after compelled to flee with a portion of his cavalry and finally completely defeated and the allied army entered Asuncion. St. Marc, llayti, efi"ectually blockaded. A Haytien gunboat captured several coasters loaded with supplies for the rebels. An unsuccessful attack made on the garrison at Jackmel: se- vere loss on both sides. a^he inland waters of Peru declared free to all vessels of what- ever class or country. The Turkish government placed ships of war off the coast of Cortize to prevent Greek volunteers goini;- to Crete. The Porte declined to sell or transfer Crete to ""Egypt or to yield Its independence. All Greek subjects ordered to leave Tur- key immediately. The American Minister offered them his protection. The Foreign Minister of Greece declared that the kingdom would make any sacrifice to maintain its rights. The Greek Minister left Constantinople. A Turko-Grecian conference having been proposed, Russia asked that hostilities be suspended until it had completed its delib- erations, and urged the United States to take part in the con- ference. The insurrection in Cuba becoming more formidable. Volun- teers arriving on the south side of the island to help the Cu- bans. Gen. Orgando, the leader of the revolution in San Domingo is joined by other revolutionary chiefs. Gen. Adgu crossed the frontier and joined the insurgents. They were defeated by ^ President Baez's troops at Las Matas. Espartero having been asked to become temporary dictator of Spain, Gen. Prim declared the Spanish government would have nothing to do with the Bourbons. The U. S. House of Representatives passed a resolution rela- tive to amendments to the naturalization laws by a vote of 125 to 32; the bill regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores by a vote of 105 to 51 ; also a bill providing tor the transfer of the Indian Bureau from the department of the Interior to the Wf r department, by 116 to 33. The House passed the b:il repealing an act prohibiting the or- ganization of mihtia in all the i-econstructed states except A. D. Georgia; also a resolution allowing women in the gov- 1868. ernmeut employ the wages of men for the same work. The Senate denounced the views of President Johnson on the national debt ; nlso passed a resolution disap- proving the President's financial recommendfilions. The Senate passed a resolution of sympathy with Spain by a vote of 41 to 5. The civil war in Japan at an end. 1869. Jan. Abdul Rahman, Ameer of Affghanistan, is de- feated by Shere Ali, aided by the British. Jan. 14. Alabama Claims Commission signed for the U. S. A., and Great Britain. Jan. 24. Chinese Embassy (Burlinghame's) received by Emperor of French at Paris. The Governor of Burgos murdered in the presence of priests w-hile taking inventory of the Cathedral treas- ures. Feb. The S. W. Indian war ended. Feb. 6. Jefferson Davis' Prosecution dropped, Feb. 18. Senate Committee reject the "Alabama" Treaty. Feb. 20. Austrian Frigate Radetshy blows up, 340 lives lost. Feb. 21. Suffrage Bill passed, abolishing distinctions of race, color and projaerty. March 3. Schenck's Bill passed, for coin payment of all National obligations ; by Senate, 15th. March 4. Congress adjourns ; Meeting of the 41st Con- gress ; General Grant takes office. April. J. L. Motley appointed Minister to England ; recalled, July, which act he styles an "outiage." April 13. The Senate rejects the " Alabama Claims " Convention. April 15. The Senate ratifies Naturalization Treaty with Great Britain. May 12. Pacific R. R. completed. June 6. New Constitution promulgated in Spain. June 9. Serious election riots, Paris. June 15. Peace Jubilee at Boston, 10,000 voices. June 17. AVilhelmshafen, first German military port, inaugurated by King William of Prussia. June 26, etc. Marked opposition to the Empire aug- ments in Paris. July 26. Royal assent to Irish Church Bill in British House of Commons. Sept. 8. Death of Wm. Pitt Fessenden, financier. • Oct. 23. Death of the Earl of Derby, aged 70. Oct. 27. Steamboat Stonewall burnt on the Mississippi 200 lives lost. Oct. Free Trade Agitation. A. D. Nov. 4. Death of George Petibody, Anglo-American 1869. banker and pliilantliropist. Nov. 6. Death of "Old Ironsides" Admiral Charles Stewart, aged 92. Death of Ex-President Franklin Pierce, aged 65. 1870. Jan. 15. Virginia i-e-admitted to the Union. Jan. 19. Execution at Paris of Troppmann, murderer of a whole family. Jan. 24. U. S. Corvette Oneida sunk by collision with P. & O. S. S. Bomhay; 112 lives lost; British captain cen- sured for inhumanly continuing his course. Jan. 26. Darieu Canal Treaty signed. Feb. 3. Mississippi re-admitted into the Union. March 1. Battle of Aquidapan, defeat of Paraguayan forces under Lopez, killed, by BraziHans, and end of the Brazihan-Paraguayan War. March 15. Texas re-adniitted into the Union. April. Constitutional Amendments admit negroes to equal rights. April 20. Georgia re-admitted into the Union. April 27. Thovigh pronounced insane. Lady Mordaunt is pronounced lit for trial for adultery; case notable from the Prince of Wales being a detendant. May 6. Yakoob, son of Ameer of Affghanistan, rebels, and is captured at Herat. May 25 and 27. Fenian raids into Canada repelled. June. Non-recognition of Cuba as a Republic affirmed. June 9. Death of Charles Dickens, aged 58. June 22. First meeting of Comujittee for Revision of the Bible, London. June 26. Home Rule Association formed at Dublin. July 4. The Senate refuses citizenship to Chinese. July 15. War proclaimed by French Emperor on Prus- sia. Congress closes session. July 18. Vatican Council votes Infallibility of the Pope. July 30. The Roman- Austrian Concordat suspended in consequence of the proclamation of Papal Infillibility. August. Rupertsland made the Province of Manitoba. August. Strict neutrality m the Franco-Russian War proclaimed by U. S. A. Aug. 6. Battle of Woerth ; French defeat by Germans. Aug. 14. Death of Admiral D. Farragut, aged 70. Aug. 18. Battle of Gravelotte (Rezonville) ; French defeat. One French army is beleaguered at Metz, while that of the Emperor retires to Douzy, whence, defeated, it stands at Sedan, 31st inst. Sept. 1. Battle round Sedan; French defeated. 2nd. — Capitulation of Lnperial army ; Emperor Napoleon surrenders to King William. He goes to England where he died, Jan 9, 1873. A. D. Sept. 4. French Assembly proclaims a Republic; flight 1870. of the Empress-Regent to England. 8 and 9. The United States, Spain and Switzerland recognize the Republic. 17. Foreign Minister Jules Favre ac- knowledges the wrong of invading Germany, offers re- paration, asks i^eace since 200,000 lives have been lost, " but France will not be disgraced." The country is pleased at the resumption of the war. Sept. 7. British ironclad turret-ship. Captain, capsizes in Bay of Biscay ; nearly all lives lost. Sept. 28. Balloon mails sent out of Paris over the Ger- man lines. Floods in Virginia and Maryland cause great losses. Oct. 1. National Debt, $2,346,983,652. Great reduc- tion of internal taxation. Oct. 4. Southern Political-Commercial Convention at Cincinnati. Oct. 7. Minister of Interior Gambetta escapes from Pans by balloon and organizes the provincial resistance to the Germans. Oct. 12. Garibaldi appointed leader of the Irregular forces of France. General Robert Lee died, aged 62. Oct. 13. President Grant issues proclamation against Fenianism. Oct. 27. Marshal Bazaine surrenders Metz, with all his army. Riots at Paris on the news arriving ; Com- mune attempted, but order restored. Nov. Armistice refused by Germans, the war proceeds. Dec. Census returns, total Population U. S. A., 38,549,- 987. Dec. 10. Death of Alex. Dumas, French Dramatist and novelist, aged 67. Dec. 21. Mr. Morton declining the embassy to London, General Schenck replaces Mr. Motley. 1871. Jan. 1. New tariff Ih operation. Jan. 9-10. Germans bombard Paris. ^ Jan. 13. Germans repulse French sorties in force. Jan. 28. Paris capitulates, from scarcity of food. Dec. 26, Death of George Ticknoi*, historian, aged 80. Feb. 16. Franco-Prussian War ended. Albert Grevy elected President of the French Repub- lic, with a Thiers Cabinet. Feb. 18. Treaty signed: Alsace and Lorraine to be Ger- man and the Germans to be jDaid five milliards of francs: revised, signed May, same year: final instal- ment i^aid, Sept., 1873. March 4. Meeting of the forty-second Congress. March 5. Ku-Klux Klan proclaimed in North Carolina. A. D. March 28 to May 1. Revolutionists rule Paris as the 1871. Commune. Put down by the military, the leaders are shot. April 7. Austrian Admiral Tegethuff died. May 26. Commission ratified to settle disputes between IJ. S. A. and Great Britain by arbitration. May 11. Death of Sir John F. Herscliel, astronomer, aged 79. June. Coreans attack American war fleet, accompanied by French, English and German vessels, and their forts are destroyed. " New Departure ' of Democrats: All males to vote, Free Trade, and Political Restoration of the Southern States. Aug. 21. Great cyclone in West Indies. This and Sept., Revelations in New York of corruption in the late City government, " the Tweed Ring." Sept. The German Army of Occupation begin to evac- uate French territory, the operation taking one year. Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11. Chicago nearly destroyed by fire. N. W. forest fires, 2,000 lives lost. Oct. 18. European and N. A. R. R. opened at Bangor, Me., by President Grant. Nov. Defalcating U. S. A. Paymaster Hodges impris- oned. Conflict between Minister Fish and Russian Envoy Katakasy, who is dismissed. Cordial reception at New York of Russian Grand Duke Alexis. ^ov. 10. H. M. Stanley finds David Livingstone at Ujiji, Central Africa. Dec. 4. Congress opens. The Income Tax expired by limitation. Tay Bridge, Scotland, begun; seven years in build- British Columbia united to the Dominion of Canada. 1872. Jan. Death of General Halleck. Jan. 12. King John II of Abyssinia crowned. Jan. 16. General Amnesty Bill passed. Edwin Forrest, American tragedian, died. March. Yellowstone National Park authorized. March 10. Josepli Mazzini, Italian patriot, died. March 29. English Agricultural Laborers' League started. June. " Straight out" Democratic party formed. First railroad in Japan opened. June 4. New Tariff to reduce rates at August, passed. June 17-July 4. Peace Jubilee at Boston. July 10. Dem. and Lib.-Republican Coalition to sup- A. D. port Horace Greeley for President: failed : he died Nov. 1872. 29, 1872. July 18. Death of Ex-President B. Juarez of Mexico. Aug. 10. Brighton, Eug., Aquarium opened. Aug. 15-21. Religions riots at Belfast. Aug. 16-26. Conviction of the Bank of England for- gers, American criminals, after obtaining over $500,000. Sept. Gradual Emancipation of Slaves in Brazil. Geneva Arbitration of the Alabama Claims awards the U. S. A. over $16 000,000. Oct. Horse influeiiza (Epizooty) prevalent in Eastern and Middle States. Oct. 10. Death of Wm. H. Seward, aged 70. Oct. 19. Death of Merle D'Aubiguy, Rehgious Histor- ian, aged 78. Oct. 23. San Juan Island awarded to the U. S. A. by Emperor of Germany, arbitrator. Nov. 5. General Grant re-elected President. Nov. 29, etc. Sergeant Bates marches through England with American flag. 1873. From failure of Jav Cooke & Co., panic in business. Jan. 9. Death of Emperor Napoleon, aged 65, exile in England. Jan. 17 to June 1. Modoc Indian War.; General Canby and others massacred. Jan. 18. Death of Lord Lytton (Bulwer), novelist, aged 70. Feb. Vice-President Colfax accused of perjury. Civil strife at New Orleans. March. To 1889. Tonquin attacked and conquered by the French. April 18. White Star S.S. Atlantic sunk, 500 lives lost. May 1 to Nov. Vienna Exhibition. Death of David Livingstone, at Ilala, Central Africa, aged 58 ; buried in Westminster Abbey, April. May 30. Great fire at Boston. Krach, or financial panic in Austria. June 5. Death of Rattazzi, Italian statesman, aged 65. June 10. Russians take Khiva, now Russian province. June 27. Death of Hiram Powers, American sculptor. Aug. 8. ' Steamboat Wcavas.'-e Four win the visitors' 1878. Challenge Cup at Heuley (England) Eegattas. Aug. Agitatiou under Dennis Kearney at San Fran- cisco, against cash payment and Chinese free labor. Aug. to Nov. Yellow fever rages in the South, Aug. 22. Independence of Servia proclaimed. Oct. 2. Glasgow City Bank stops jjayment through enormous frauds. Oct. 24. Great storm at Philadelphia. Nov. Austria suppresses Bosnian Rebellion. 46tli Con- gress meets ; 149 Democrat, 130 Republican, 10 " Greenback. " Dec. Gold at ^^ar, first time since 1862. Dec. 2. Battle of Peiwar Pass, British defeat Affglians. Great efflux of Dutch and German Menmonites (Bap- tist) to the U. S. A , to escape military service. War in Affghanistan from the intrigues of the Rus- sians and the British in India. ^ ^ '"• Jan. Great Britain buys Cyprus. Cash j)ayment resumed in U. S. A. with no marked demand. Jan. 6. British enter Candahar unopi^osed. Jan. 17. Amnesty to French Communists. Jan. 22. British defeat by Boers at Rorke's Drift (" The English Cremera "), South Africa. Feb. 8. Treat}' of Peace between Russia and Turkey signed. Feb. 25. Execution of Charles Peace, alias John Ward, greatest modern housebreaker, for murder, Eng- land. Shere Ali, Affghan chief, dead. March. Exodus of negroes from the South to the "West April. Conversion $150,000,000 5 per cent, into 4s. at par. May. An Adventist fanatic, in Mass., sacrifices his son like Abraham, with the mother looking on. May 9. Yakoob Khan recognized as Ameer of Affghan- istan. May 21-23. Naval action at Iquiqui, between Peru and Chili ; Cliilian defeat ; Esmeralda sunk by Huascar, ironclad; Blockade of Iquiqui raised. June 1. Prince Imj^erial of France, son of Napoleon III., killed in British War with the Zulus; aged 23. July 4. Battle of Ulundi, defeat of Zulu Chief Cete- wayo. Aug. Enormous grain crops. Nat. Debt, $2,027,202,- 452. Sept. 3. Massacre in Cabul of English Major Cavagnari and other officials. Oct. Austro-German Treaty of Alliance against Russia. ^ D. Oct. 8. Huascar captur d. 1879. Oct. VI. Cabul re-entered by the BritisL. Nov. The Peruvian-Bolivian army defeated at Iquiqui, but war continues through the next year. Dec. 23. Defeat of Affghaus at Sherijur, by British. Stanley's Congo Expedition, and following year. The great Forth (Scotland) Bridge begun, completed 1889. 1880. Jan. Distress among the freed negroes in the mid- West, where they had settled. National debt reduced to less than $2,000,000. Feb. 18. Graduid eujancipation of slaves in Cuba pro- claimed bv Spain. March 21. Hatfield-McCoy feud in West Virginia ended after twenty years. March 30. Jesuits dissolved and expt lied in France. April. Albanian soldiers revolt against Turks. April. Gladstone Ministry formed in England. April 5. The Farmers' Alliance instituted ; formal in- troduction October 1.5, same year. June. Kelly, Australian "Ironclad" Bushranger, cap- tured. July 17. Defeat of Affghans at Maiwand by British. July 22. Abdul Rahman recognized by British as Ameer. Sept. 1. Defeat of Afghans by British at Mazra. Nov. 2. Gen. Garfield elected Presid'. nt. Nov. 8. Edwin Booth, American tragedian, plays " Hamlet ' in London. Nov. 11. Revision of NeAv Testament coujpleted. Nov. 17. Treaty with China. Dec. Judenhetz (Jew-baiting) or Anti-Jew movement in Mid-Europe. 1881. Jan. 28. Laing's Nek, Feb. 8, Ingogo River and 26- 27, British defeat by the Boers in the Transvaal. Peace, March 24. March. Kingdom of Roumania established. S.ystem- atic persecutinn of the Jews m Russia begins and continues into 1891. March 13. ■ Emperor Alexander II., of Russia, assassi- nated by a bombshell. April 13. Anti-Semitic League formed in Germany. April 19. "Primrose Day." Death of Benjamin Dis- raeli, first Jewish Premier of Great Britain, aged 76. June 1. Iroquois, American horse, wins the Derby race. First train run through the St. Gothard Alpine tunnel; formal opening in one more year. June 22. Survivors of the Lieut. Greely Arctic expe- dition found. June 29. Mrs. Fletcher, American Spiritualist, cou- A. D. victed of defrauding an old lad}' of $50,000 of jewels, 1881. etc., at Londou, Eng. July 2. President Garfield shot by one Guiteau, u luna- tic, and died Sept. 19. July. The Mahdi, Arab fanatic, raises a Holy War against the British allies of the Egyptians and main- tains it to his death, June 22, 1885. Sept. 5. Michigan forest fires, 800 deaths, 10,000 home- less. Sept. 16. Celebration of Centennial of Yorktown Sur- render: salute to the British flag. Oct. 25. U. S. A. protest to European powers against trying to acquire a hold atPanama. Nov. 14. Trial of Guiteau: a soldier shoots at him, Nov. 18. Russians conquer the Turkomans. 1882. Jan. 25. Guiteau found guilty: executed, June 30. (See July 2, 1881.) Feb. 25. Austrians defeated by Christian Insurgents at Cettinje. March. Lower Mississippi Valley floods, 80,000 home- less. March 23. Polygaiuy abolished in the U. S. A. Chinese Immigration suspended for twenty years. June. The Arabi Pasha Revolution in E^ypt against the British-Khedival alliance. After several encoun- ters, the rebels are defeated at Tel-el-Kebir, Sept. 13. June 2. Garibaldi died, aged 75. July 11-13. Bombardment of Al xandria, Egypt, by British. Aug. 4. Chinese exclusion act in f<r five years for stealing corpse of the Earl of Crawford, at Edin- burgh. Nov. 22. Death of Thnrlow Weed, politician, ag«-d 85. Dec. 27. Civil Service Reform bill adopted by the Senate. Dec. 20. Overdank, the soldier who attempted the life of Emperor of Austria, executed. (British) National African Company incorporated. Buenos A_\ res Exhibition. Ernest Morrison walks across Australia from Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne. Dec. 31. Death of Louis Gambetta, French orator and statesman, Prime Minister of the French Republic, accidentallv shot, aged 42. v. D. Jan. 9. Presideutial S accession bill passed. 1883. National debt, $8,607,543,67(5. Jan. 19. Hamburg steamship Cimbria sunk oft' Hol- land by collision with Euglish steamshi}) Sultan. 450 lives lost. Feb. 7. The Home Rule Association changes to the National League, Ireland. March. Reduction of taxation and revision of tariff by both Houses. April 4. Death of Peter Cooper, philanthropist, aged 92. Berlin National Theatre, burnt. April. Tornado in the South; 150 lives lost. May 13.— June, '91. Brussels Exhibition. May 24. New York and Brooklyn Bridge over East River oj^ened. June 9. Phoenix Park (Dublin) Fenian murderers executed. June 13. The French suppress the Bou Ameenia native rising in Algeria. June 14. Dynamite plotters, Dr. Gallagher, Wilson, Curtin and Whitehead, sentenced to life imprison- ment, at Birmingham. June 20. Death of Bishop Colenso. June. Railroad from Melbouine to Sydney. American Free Trade League formed at Detroit. July. N. W. Canadian Territory beyond Manitoba di- vided into four new territories: Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Athabasca. July and August. General strike in U. S. A. of tele- graph clerks. July 15. Death of Charles S. Stratton, dwarf, "Gen. Tom Thtimb." July 23. Drowning of seventy excursionists on Patap- sco River, Maryland. July 24. Drowning of Cajitain Webb, English, in Niagara whirl ^^ool rapids. July. A tricycle boat crosses the English Channel. Aug. 24, Death of Count de Chmabord, aged 83, last of Elder Branch of the Bourbons. Aug, 25. French assume protectorate of Aunam. Sept, 9, Death of Hendrik Conscience, Flemish novel- ist, aged 73. Sept, 29. The King of Spain hooted in Paris as the puppet of the Germans. Oct. 31. Gen. Sheridan succeeds Gen. Sherman as Commander-in-Chief. Nov. PecuHar red after-glow, attributed to Java vol- canic eruption. Nov. 3-5. Col. Hicks' Egyptian army defeated by Soijr danese Arabs, at El Obeid. A. D. Dec. 3. New Congress meets. 1883. Dec. 8. Basiitolami, S. Africa, becomes again a British colony. Dec. 15. Death of Louis Agassiz, naturalist, aged 76. Death of Abdel-Kader, Arab patriot who submitted to the French, aged 76. 1884. Jan. 7. War of Dutch with Achiuese to release French piisonei-s; Achinese surrender them September. Jan. 18. Wreck of U. S. i^assenger ship City o/ Colum- bia, off Massachusetts coast; 97 lives lost. Feb. 4. Death of Wendell Pnillips, Abolitionist orator, aged 77. Feb. 8. Battle of Tokar, and 18, Arab victories over the Egyptians. Feb. 29.^ Arabs totally defeated by English Gen. Gra- ham. April 22. Earthquake in England. May. Gen. Giant is financially embarrassed by his son's failure as a banker in New York ; the Govern- ment relieves him, 1885. July 14. "Black Hand " socialisiic conspiracy discov- ered in Spain. July. Divorce law iu France. July 4. Reception of Bartholdi's colossal statue of Liberty at New York harbor. Oct. 3. Death of Hans Makart, Austrian heroic jDainter. Nov. 4. Election of Grover Cleveland and T. A. Hend- ricks, for President and Vice-President. Nov. 22-28. Cattlemen's Convention at St. Louis. Dec. 1-March 10. Calcutta Exhibition. Dec. 9. Captain and mate of the yacht Mignonette, Eng- lish, tried for canuibalism, as the_y ate anoiher during the madness of starvation: sentenced to death, but re- leased after nominal six months imprisonment. Sept. Cholei a rages at Naples. Riots of native American miners against foreign workers in Ohio. Sir M. T. Bass, English brewer, died, aged 84. 1885. J^ii- 26. English General Gordon killed at Khartoum by Mutineers. Feb. 2. National Debt: under $1,500,000,000. Chinese Government claims indemnity for their sub- jects expelled from California. Feb. 16. Alarming mass meetings of the unemployed in London, England. Feb. 21. Washington Obelisk at Washington inaug- urated. March to Sept. Riels Red River Rebellion of Indians and French half-breeds against the Dominion Govern- jnent: at first successful, the rebels are defeated at A.. D. Batoche (great execution by a Gatling gun under 1885. charge of a U. S. officer engaged by its inventor.) May 9. Kiel captured ; executed Nov. 16. April 2. Central American war: Guatemalan President Barrios killed in battle of Clialcuapa. May. Great eartliquake in Java: 500 lives lost. Antwerp Exhibition. North Borneo taken under British protectorate. May 22. Death of Victor Hugo, French jDoet, dramatist and novelist, aged 83. July 24. Currency crisis ; the banks oppose the Bland bill and compulsory coiuage of silver. July. The French defeat the Regent of Annam and a patriotic outbreak. July 15. Niagara Internntional Park oiDcned. July 28. Death of Sir Moses Montefiore, aged 100 years. Aug. 8. Death of Gen. Grant, aged 63. Sept. Anti-German riots in Madrid, Spain. . Sept. 3. U. S. troops quell attacks on Chinese in Wyoming Territory. Sept.* 22. Cyclone on the Orissa, E. I. coast ; 5,000 lives lost. Sept. 29. Riots against compulsory vaccination at Montreal. Oct. 8. Bechuanaland, South Africa, proclaimed Brit- ish territory. Oct. 23. Editor Stead, of the Pall iMall Gazette, and Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation Armj% convicted at London of kidnapping, having committed the act to prove the facility of criminal outrages. Oct. 28. Death of Geu. G. B. McClellan, aged 59. Nov. Total defeat of the Servians by Bulgarians ; peace made tlie following March. Nov. 16. Execution of Riel, French-Canadian patriot. Nov. 25. Death of Vice-President Hendricks, aged 66; succeeded by Gen. Sherman. Death of King Alfonso XII. of Spain. Nov. 27. The King of Burmah surrenders to the British. Dec. Federation of the British Australian Colonies — less N. S. Wales and New Zealand. Dec. 2. The Italians assume Government of Massowah, Red Sea. Dec. 8. Death of Wm. H. Vanderbilt, aged 64. Congress meets. Dec. 30. France obtains partial control by treaty of foreign affairs in Madagascar. Nocturnal outrages in Ireland, called "Moonlight- ing." A. D. Jan. 9. Edmunds' bill suppressing I\loimon Chuicli 1886. passes tbe Senate. Jau. 13. Order of the King's Daughters formed in U. S. A. Feb. Volapuk, a universal language, introduced, Feb. 26. Glads ton e-Morley Ministry formed in Eng- land. March. Long, severe winter in England. March to May. Coal Miners' strike in Belgium de- velop into civil war. March 14. Cunard steamship Ortgoii founders after collision. No lives lost. April. Ex-President (Confederate) Jefferson Davis re- ceives an ovation in Southern States. April 17—18. Ice-gorge floods at Montreal. May-June Orleans Princes expelled from France. May 4. German Socialist riots at Chicago ; dynamite used. May 5. German Socialist riots at Milwaukee; ten killed. Herr Most, agitator, expelled from England, impris- oned for inciting above Chicago riot. May 6-Oct. 31. Edinburgh Exhibition. May 13. Hurricane at Madrid, Spain; thirty lives lost. May 15. All Bunnah included in British India. June. Special train, Jersey City to San Francisco; j time, 3 days, 7 hours, 13 minutes, 16 seconds. June 9-10. Eruption of Tarawara volcano, N. Z.; 100 lives lost. June 13. KingLudwiglL, of Bavaria, drowns himself in insane fit. July. Gladstone ministry resigns; defeated on Irish Home Rule Question. Replaced by Lord Salisbury. Aug. Alien Landlord bill passed for the Territories. Religious riots at Belfast. Aug. 20. Death of Mi's. Ann S. Stephens, American novelist, aged 73. Aug. 28. Earthquake in Greece; towns destioyed and 600 lives lost. Aug. 31. Earthquake inlj. S. A., east of the Missis- sippi; severe in the South; Charleston damaged, nearly 100 lives lost there. Aug. 21. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, forced to ab- dicate and depart; returning on overthrow of Pro- visional Government; he abdicates again Sept. 4, under Russian pressure. Passenger steamer Vera, burnt on River Volga, 200 lives lost. Aug. 23. American citizen Cutting released from Mexican prison from withdrawal of prosecution for A. T>. libel; the Mexicaii Government holding to its right to 1886. try au American lor a crime committed in its country. Sept. 4. Chief Geronimo's Apaches surrender after war to Gen. Mills in Arizona. Sept. 7-11. International yacht race between Boston Mayflower and British Galatea ; the former wins the America's Cujx Death of Samuel Morley, merchant and philanthro- pist, aged 77. Oct. 6. Last of slavery in Cuba. Oct. 12. Destructive gales in Texas. Oct. 24. Death of Count F. von Beust, Austrian states- man, aged 77. Oct. " Plan of campaign " proposed in Ireland to jjre- vent landlords obtaining rent. Nov. 8. Suicide of Fred. Archer, noted English jockey. Nov. 18. Death of ex-President Chester A. Arthur, aged 56. Agitation over the Henry George Land Nationaliza- tion scheme. Saccharin, a sweetening substance, made; 300 times stronger than sugar. Dec. 8. The Fenian Brotherhood expels O'Donovan R< issa. Dec. 15. Merlatti, Italian, fasts at Paris 50 days, but drinks water. 1887. Jan. The jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign; in England the weather was liner than usual, so-called "Queen's Weather." Jan. 1. Infant King of Spain crowned. Jan. Religious riots in Belfast. Abyssinians destroy Italian supply train at Massowah. Feb. Earthquake in Italy and Southern France. Feb. 4. Woodstock, Vt., railroad disaster; 45 lives lost. March 7. London Tinie^ publishes under "Farnellism and Crime," documents forged by Richard Pigott, journalist, who committed suicide under arrest at Madrid, March 1, '89. March 8. Death of Rev. H. W. Beecher, aged 73. May 9. American Exhibition opened in London. June. Death of Hermann, famous magician, aged 71. June 24. Holbrook-Rnwan feud in Kentucky closed by the sheriff killing the homicides. June— Aug. Drought in England. July, Great floods in Southern States. July 7. Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg, elected ruler of Bulgaria. July 14 Death of Krupp, ironmaster and cannon founder, aged 77. A. D. Aug. 9. Baldwin, American, descends from balloon bv 1887. parachute, at Rockaway; be repeats it frequently in Europe. Aug. 11. Disaster to excursion train at Chatsworth, 111.; 83 kiUed. Aug. 31. Pranzini executed in Paris as murderer of outcast women; be claimed to be an illegitimate Napoleon. Sept.~Oct. Overflow of Yellow River (Hoang Ho), China, millions of lives lost. Sept. 15. During Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition; fall of stand, injuring many persons. Sept. 27—30. American yacht Volunteer beats Scotch yacht Thistle. Oct. 17— Nov. 13. Riots of the unemployed at London. Nov. Beloochistan annexed to British India. Ayoob Khan surrenute to arbitration. May 11. At Moore's Run, Pa., train of fire-fighters caught in tlie forest fire ; was derailed and the men badly burned and scalded ; lives lost. May 12. R. C. Duncan, of Washington, D. C, charged at Carnarvon, Wales, with attempt to murder his wife. New York and London financially perturbed by panic at Paris, caused by official suspension of cash pay- ment in Portugal. ■ - . ^ A. D. May 16. luternational Electro-Tecluiical Exhibition 1891. at Frankfort-on-tlie-Maiii, Geruiany. May 17. The N. O. Grand Jury report that tiie lynch- ing of the Italian (Mafia) ]>risouers, was the act of the People, who cannot be prosecuted. Snow in England. May 19. Dynamite explosion at Tarrytown, N. Y. ; seventeen killed. May 24. Secretary of Agriculture reports seven mil- lions of acres actually under irrigation, and twice that area in jDreparation. May 26. Paris stage drivers' strike. May 31. N. Y. Metropolitan Art Museum opened en Sunday. Revolt at Hayti ; bloody military executions. Turkish brigands derail a train near Constantinople, and bear off German and English tourists, ransomed by their Governments ; Turkey constrained to re- j)ay with indemnity. June. Panic among British manufacturers from the operation of the McKinley T.uift'. Marquis Tcheng, Chinese Ambassador to London and Paris, called home ; is sentenced to death for mal- versation. Eruptions of Monnt Vesuvius. June 1. Brooklyn-New York Bridge oj^ened free to foot passengers. June 1 to 9. Action for damages for slander at London, " The Tranby Croft Baccarat Scandal ;" Sir W. Gor- don-Cumming forced to sign an agreement in Septem- ber last, not to play cards under a threat of charge of cheating at play, sues tiie Wilson family and others for publishing the charge ; case notable from the Prince of Wales being a witness and the gaming tools his jjrivate jDroperty. Judgment for the defendants. Popular feeling for the plaintiff. He marries Miss Garner, of New York, and is greeted at his home in Scotland, with enthusiasm. June 3. Inauguration at Jackson, Miss., of Confederate Monument. June 6. Death of Canadian Premier, Sir John Mac- donald, aged, 76. De]iarture from New York of Lieut. Peai*y's North Greenland Expedition. June ]0. Serious Red River floods in Indian Territory. Street-car employes' strike at Grand Rapids culmi- nates in riot ; three rioters shot fatally. Death of Reforming Rabbi, Samuel Adler, aged, 82. June 13. The Itata, in charge of the Charledon, leaves Iquiqui for San Francisco. (See above, May 5, 1891). BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX TABLE. ,^5 265 *Abantidas. 343 *^schine8. 1848 Abbas, Viceroy. 480 *^schylus. 1585 Abbas Schah. 606 *iEsop. 978 Abbo. 428 *^tius. 1829 Abbot, Charles. 590 Agathias. 1844 Abd-el-kader. 250 *Agathocle8. 713 Abdallah. 397 *Agesilaus. 1120 Abdallah Sharfaddin. 220 *Agesipolis. 698 Abdulmelek. 330 *Agis. 583 *Abednego. 248 *Agis. 1758 Abercrombie. 81 Agricola. 1844 Abercrombie, John. 25 *Agrippa. 1853 Aberdeen, Lord. 35 Agrippina. 4002 *Abel. 868 Ahmed. 1109 Abelard. 1747 Ahmed, Abdallah. 1014 *Abiathar. 1840 Albert, Prince. 1804 *Abimelech. 1634 Albert of Wallenstein. 1471 *Abiraiii. 1525 Albert of Prussia 1048 *Abner. 886 Albategni. 1030 ^Absalom. 1163 Albert the Bear 632 Abu-Bekir. 886 Albumasar. 483 Acacius. 568 Alboin. 1555 Acbar. 63 Albinus. 137 *Accius Lucius. 193 Albinus. 48 *Achilles. 981 Albirunius. 1370 *Acrisius. 1510 Albuquerque. 473 *Acron. 606 *Alcaeus. 1010 Adalbert, St. 804 Alcuin. 1803 Adams, Samuel. 436 *Alcibiades. .1778 Adams, Sebastien Nicholas. 162 *Alcimus. 1865 Adams, Charles Francis. 1861 Alden, Commodore. 1719 Addison, Joseph. 108 Alexander I., Pope. 1129 Adelais. 1159 Alexander III , Pope. 1135 Adela. 1254 Alexander IV., Pope. 698 Adhelm. 1409 Alexander V., Pope. 249 *Adherbal. 1493 Alexander VI., Pope. 473 *Admetus. 1655 Alexander VII., Pope. 1014 *Adonijah. 1689 Alexander VIII. , Pope 772 Adrian, Pope. 1860 Alexander, J. Addison. 867 Adrian 11., Pope. 1841 Alexander, Rev. S. M. 1154 Adrian IV., Pope. 5 *Alexander. 1522 Adrian VI.. Pope. 220 *Alexander. 225 *^miliu8, L. 1502 Alexander. 25 •^.'Emilius, Macer. 46 Alexander, Tiberius. 168 *^mLliu8, Paulus. 1848 Alfred, Prince. 1184 *.^nea8. 886 Alfraganus. 705 Alfred the Wise. 78 *Antias. 1839 Alison, Rev. Arcbibald 445 *Antisthenes. 1862 Alice. Princess 298 *Antigone. 1841 Ali Mehemet. 116 *Anthemon. 1868 Allatorre, Gen. 48 *Antipas or Anitpater 1850 Allen, Sir William 63 *Antony. 1843 Allston, Washington 332 *Apelles. 1789 Allen, Etha'il 78 Apellicon. 1531 Almagro. 1284 *Apol]o. 816 Alniamon. 440 *7Vpollodoru8. 762 Almanzor. 116 *ApolIodoru8. 1505 Almeida. 53 Apollos. 1672 Alphonzo d' Este 81 Apollonius. 1568 Alva. 247 *Apolloniu8. 1855 Alvarez. 206 *Apollonius. 761 *Alyattez. 132 Appian. 1796 Amadeus III., Victor 35 Appion. 1868 Amador, Dr. 161 Apuleius. 1713 Amadeus, Victor 138 Aquila. 10 Ambivius, Marcus 1224 Aquinas, St. ThomaB 383 Ambrose, St. 1848 Arago. 66 *Amera Sinka. 252 *Aratus. 487 Ambrosius. 392 Arbogastes. 1857 Amero, Admiral 685 *Archilochu8. 1030 *Ammon. 207 *Archagathu8. 235 Ammonius. 78 *Archia8. 1574 *Amram. 224 ♦Archimedes. 794 *Amulius. 197 *Ardysus. 539 *Anacreon. 1004 Ardoin. 606 *Anachar8is. 1024 Aretino,-Guido 83 Anacletus, Pope 1222 ♦Argon. 696 Anafesto. 474 Ariadne. 48 Ananias. 360 *Ariarathes. 41 Ananus. 362 *Ariobarzanes. 886 Anastatius. 380 *Arisfaeus. 507 *Anaxagoras. 510 *Aristogiton. 562 *Anaximander. 507 *Avistagoras. *Anaximenes. 445 *Aristippus. 240 *Andronicus, Livius 440 *Aristophanes. 1860 Anderson. 384 *Aristotle 1687 Andros, Edmund 480 *Aristides. 383 Andragaihius. 332 *Aristides. 60 *i\ndronicus. 91 ♦Ariar^athes VIII. 170 *Andronicus. *Ariai-athes IX. 1780 Andre, Major John 31 *Ariarathes X. 168 *Anicius. 90 *Ariobarzane8. 150 Anicetus, Pope 325 Arius. 423 Anianus. 1533 Ariosto. 1474 Angelo, Michael 1474 Ariosto, Lewis 1792 Ankerstrom, Count 226 *Aristippus. 23 Annas. 150 *Aristobulus. 13 Annius Rufus. 5 *Aristobulus. 304 Anobius. 264 *Aristotimus. 1081 Anna Comnena. 60 *Aristomedes. 1833 Anna Santa. 135 Aristides. 1382 Anne of Bohemia. 1849 Armellini. 1471 Anne, queen of Richard III. 9 Arminius. 1589 Anne of Denmark. 1608 Arminius. 1857 Anson, Gen. 1854 Arnaud. Marshal St. 1589 Anthony de Bourbon. 1144 Arnold de Brescia. 387 *Antalcidas. 1841 Arnold, Rev. Thomaa ^^ 132 Arrian. 1844 Baily, Francis 250 *Arsace6. 1808 Baker, .Joshua 280 *Arsiiioe. 1861 Baker, Col. E. D. 465 *Artabanes. 1588 Balafre, Henry 487 *Artabazes. 1513 Balboa. 35 Artabanus. 1868 Balta, Col. 490 *Artaplierne8. 1051 Baldwin. 275 *Arteinidoru8. 1856 Banks, N. P. 352 *Artemisia. 1088 Baradaeus, Jacob 11.6 *Artemidorus. 1053 Barebone, Praise God 161 Artemidorus. 1335 Barlaam. 445 *Artemones. 1808 Barron, Commodore 229 Artaxerxes. 1800 Barry, James 1846 Artas, Count das 44 Barnabas, 1201 Arthur, Prince 1619 Barnevelt, John 1010 Arundel, Lord 1860 Barry, Sir C. 1152 *Ascanius. 1080 Barrow, Isaac 1517 Ascham, Roger 325 Basil. 228 *Asdrubal. 1798 Bass, George 1868 Ashburn, G. A. 1085 *Bathsheba. 1842 Ashburton, Lord 25 *BathylIu8. 1670 Ashley, Lord 1848 Batthyanyi, Count 25 *Asinius. 1750 Baumgarten. 15 Asinius Gallus. 1015 Baxter, Richard 1846 Assiz, Don Francisco d' 1524 Bayard, Chevalier 886 Asser, John 1868 Beach, Moses 358 *Astor. 1803 Beattie, James 414 Ataulfus. 1549 Beaton, Cardinal 169 Athaeneus. 1672 Beatrice, Mary 325 Athanasius. 1824 Beauharnais, Eugene de 1057 Atheling. 1835 Beauharnais, Hortense de 267 Athenius. 1861 Beauregard. 116 *Athenion. 1119 Becket, Thomas a 197 *At talus I. 097 Bede, Venerable 138 *Attalus Philadelphus. 1827 Beethoven, Ludwig vou 447 Atilla. 1490 Behaim, Martini 1588 *Atlas. 823 Belesis. 1851 Audubon, John James 1807 Belcredi, Count 1834 Augustus of Leuchtenburg. 527 Belisarius. 392 Augustine, St. 1835 Bellini, Vincenzo 1763 Augustus III. 004 Benalt. 96 Aulus Gellius. 940 *Benhadad. 1660 Aurungzebe. 855 Benedict III., Pope 380 Aurelius Victor. 1033 Benedict IX., Pope 850 Auscharius. 1813 Benedict XI., Pope 392 Ausonius. 1409 Benedict, Pope 845 *Aventinu8. 1724 Benedict XIII., Pope 1864 Averill, Gen. 1740 Benedict XIV., Pope 1024 Avicenna. 1732 "'■Benjnmin. 1189 Avisa. 1808 Benitez, Gumecindo 929 Azophi, 1861 Benham, Gen. 1650 Bennet, Justice 1525 Baber. 1801 Benningsen. 1586 Babington. 1867 Berezouski. 164 *Bacchides. 1062 Berenger. 1026 Bacon, Francis 1191 Berengera. 1214 Bacon, Roger 58 *Berenice. 1026 Bacon, Sir Nichtlas 249 *Berenice. 1868 Baez, Gen. 309 ^Berenice. 1616 Baffin, William 1664 Berkely, Lord 338 *Bajoa8. 261 *Berosu8. 1447 1639 1810 998 330 1867 457 1868 300 1868 606 1868 1780 1599 1657 1800 1868 1135 1671 1819 1862 1339 613 1096 1711 1861 999 1080 1532 1830 606 607 1785 1821 1840 1844 1846 1860 1868 1865 1795 1567 1868 1820 1626 1868 1155 1727 1588 1861 1682 1756 1458 424 1154 278 1867 571 633 1862 1002 Bernard, St. 55 Britanicus. Bernhard of Weimar. 1859 Brown, John Bernadotte, Marshal 1856 Brooks, Preston S. Bertha. 1704 Brooke, Admiral *Bessus. 1842 Bromley. William Beust. Baron 1855 Bront6, Charlotte *Bigtha. 1868 Brownlow. Bingham. 509 *Brutus. *Bion. 44 *Brutus. Bismark, Count 1691 Bruyere, Jean la *Biu8. 1868 Buchanan, Gen. Black Kettle. 1862 Buckne.r, Gen. Blackstone, Sir William 1862 Buel, Gen. Blake, Robert 211 Bulas. Blake, Admiral 1775 Buvgoyne, Gen. John Blair, Hugh 1868 Burlingame, Anson Bliss, Porter C. 1867 Burke. Blois, Count of 1797 Burke, Edmund Blood, Thomas 1715 Burnet, Dr. Thomas Blucher, Lebrecht Von 1796 Burns. Robert Blunt, Gen. 1862 Burnside, Gen. A. E. Boccacio. 1807 Burr, Aaron Boethias. 1860 Burton, W. C. Bohemond. 1868 Butler, B. F. Boileau, Nicholas 1824 Byron, Lord Boland, Gen. 1860 Byron, Lady Noel Boleslaus. 658 *Byzas. Boleslaus II. Boleyn, Anne 1496 Cabot, Sebastian Bolivar, Simon 1500 Cabral. Boniface III., Pope 1868 Cabral, President Boniface IV., Pope 1450 Cade, Jack Bonaparte, Charles 606 *Cadmus. Bonaparte, Napoleon 1 Cfesar, Caius Bonaparte, Lucien 121 *Caius Gracchus. Bonaparte, Joseph 4003 *Cain. Bonaparte, Louis 26 Caiaphas, Joseph Bonaparte, Prince Jer. Nap, 283 Caius, Pope Bonaparte, Prince Lucien 1681 Calderon de la Carca Booth, J. Wilkes 1530 *Caleb. Bos well, James 335 *Calippus, Bothwell. 916 *Calpetus. Boutwell. 328 *Calisthenes. Boyes, President 540 *Calimanchu8. Boyle, Robert 217 Calixtus 1., Pope Bradbury, William B. 673 Callinicus. Braddock, Edward 405 *Callicratidas. Bradley, Dr. Thomas 1767 Cal 1483 Luther, Martin 1848 Marie. 939 Lutiprand. 1770 Marie Antoiniitte. 264 *Lycon. 1795 Marion, Gen. Francis 278 *Lycophron. 106 *Marius. 354 *Lycurgus, Ibis 50 Mark, John 884 *Lycur^u8. 1855 Marmora, Gen. La 1861 Lyon, Gen. N. 1868 Marquez, Gen. 1861 Lyons, Lord 1673 Marquette, Jacques 406 *Lysander. 1861 Marr, Capt. 182 Lysias. 1862 Marshall, Humphrey 226 ♦Lysiades. 192 Martia. 165 *Lysias. 81 Martial. 170 *Lysimachu8. 1360 Martin, GonsaWo 329 *Lysippus. 644 Martin I., Pope 392 Martin, St. 1793 Macartney. 641 Martina. 1859 Macaulay, Thomas B. 1821 Martin, San 206 *Machanida8. 1854 Martin, John 1500 Machiavelli. 1867 Martin, John 412 Macrobius. 154 Martyr, Justin 1521 Magellan. 3 *Mary. 69 •Magdalus. 1866 Mary, Princess 277 *Mago. 1394 Mary, queen of Henry IV 1861 MagoflSn, Gov. 1647 Masaniello. 265 *Magus. 193 *Masinissa. 350 Magnentius. 1632 Masham, Sir Francis 1000 Mahmud Gazni. 1861 Mason, J. M. 569 Mahomet. 1859 Mason, J. Y. 1183 Maimonides. 1621 Massasoit. 430 *Malachi. 1639 Massinger, Philip 1715 Malebranche, Nicholas 1868 Masterman, George 43 *Malchu8. 1639 Mather, Increase 1250 Malek al Salek. 1128 Matilda. 813 Mamun. 1051 Matilda. 1689 *Mana8seh. 167 *Mattathia8. 138 *Mancinu8. 41 Matthias. 599 *Mandane. 1868 Mattison, Hiram D. D. 274 Manes. 1867 Matthew, Theobald 1859 Mann, Horace 1100 Maud. 1828 Manjaca, Ranavolana 354 *Mausolus. 1793 Manly, John 1618 Maurice. 25 *Maniliu8. 306 Maxentius. 1622 Mansfeld, Ernest Von 306 Maximianus. 189 *Manlius. 1848 Maximilian, Joseph II. 1793 Marat, Jean Paul 132 Maximus. 296 Marcellinus, Pope 383 Maximus. 357 Marcellinus. 1867 Maximilian, Emperor 183 Marcellus. 1585 Mazarin, Cardinal 1555 Marcellus IV., Pope 1661 Mazarin, Julius 134 Marcion. 1849 Mazzini. 336 Marcus, Pope 1861 McDowell, Irwin 479 *Mardonlus. 1861 McCall, Gen. 1057 Margaret. 1862 McCook, Gen. Robert 1299 Margaret. 1868 McCook, Gen. A. D. 1445 Margaret of Anjou. 1863 McClernand, Gen. 1503 Margaret of England. 1868 McGee, Thomas D'Arcy 1810 Maria Louisa. 1862 McKinlay. 1853 Maria of Austria. 1868 McKenzie, Gen. 29 *Mariamne. 1868 McMahon, Gen. 1866 Marie Amelie. 1868 Mead, L. G. 1669 Maria Theresa. 1863 Meade, Gen. George Q. 25 *Mecaenas. 992 Mecislaus I. 1428 Medici, Giovanni de 1428 Medici, Cosmo de 1464 Medici, Lorenzo de 1492 Medici, Piero de 1537 Medici, Cosmo de 1547 Medici, Catharine de 1610 Medici, Mary de 455 *Megabyzus. 1848 Mehemet Ali. 1867 Mejia. 1560 Melancthon, Philip. 1834 Melbourne, Lord 1912 *Melchisedek 1074 Melek Shah. 1867 Menabria, Gen. 324 *Menander. 116 *Menecrates. 1213 s^Menelaus. 170 *Menelau8. 1305 Mentieth, Sir John 1867 Merewether, CoL 448 Merovaeus I. 583 *Me8hach. 886 Mesne. 432 *Meton. 1859 Metternich, Prince 118 *Micipsa. 1200 Miecislaus IV. 1204 Michael. 507 *Milo. 1856 Miller, Hugh 514 *Miltiades. 1868 Miller, James F. 1868 Milman, H. H., D. D. 1674 Milton, John 1861 Milroy, Gen. 1406 *Minos. 202 Minutius, Felix 1859 Miramon, Gen. Miguel 1791 Mirabeau, Riquetti 1452 *Miriam. 1861 Miichell, C. B. 1862 Mitchell, Gen. 0. M. 1799 Mitchell, Admiral 1868 Mitchell, Augustus 252 *Mithridates IV. 157 *Mithridates V. 123 *Mithridates VI. 1868 Mitre, President 1310 Molay. 220 *Molon. 1868 Monagas, President 1685 Monmouth, Duke of 1718 Montague, Lady Mary Wortley 1203 Monserrat. 177 Montanas. 1560 Montague, Mrs. 1592 Montaigne, Michael de 1854 Montgomery, James. 1853 Montijo, Eugenie de 1758 Montcalm, Louis 1852 Moore, Thomas 1861 Moore, Gov. 457 *Mordecai. 1535 More, Sir Thomas 1687 More, Henry 1862 Morgan, John H. 1801 Morgan, Daniel 1308 Mortimer. 1792 Mozart, Johann Wolfgang 713 Muca. 146 *Mummiu8 1525 Munzer, Thomas 22 *Muraena. 1808 Murat, Joachim 1685 Murillo, Bartholomeo Esteven 1867 Murphy. 25 *Musa. 1857 Musset, Louis 1097 Mustali. 1614 Myddleton, Sir Hugh 445 *Myron. 606 *Myson. 1016 *Naamah. 206 *Nabis. 899 *Naboth. 725 *Nahum. / 1860 Napier, Sir W. 1614 Napier, Sir John 1867 Napier, Sir Robert 1833 Napier, Sir Charles 1859 Napoleon, Prince. 294 Narses. 527 Narses. 1843 Narvaez, Gen. 1656 Naylor, James 326 *Nearchua. 48 Nebedeus. 584 *Nebuzaradan. 1777 Neckar, James 445 *Nehemiah. 1797 Nelson, Admiral 1862 Nelson, Gen. 206 *Nero. 429 Nestorius. 1642 Newton, Sir Isaao 1815 Ney, Michael 137 *Nicander. 161 *Nicator. 424 *Nicias. 858 Nicholas I., Pope 1288 Nicholas IV., Pope 1667 Nichols, Richard 1786 Nicholson, Margaret 1861 Nicholson, 0. A. F. 149 *Nicomedes. 374 *Nicocles. 193 Niger. 1711 *Niobe. 16«4 Norton, Capt. 208 1704 *Numitor. 81 15<]7 *Nun. 325 392 16T8 Gates, Titus 1838 585 *Obadiah. 1204 PI *Obodas. 1795 1848 O'Brien, Smith 1860 1847 O'Connell, Daniel 1846 1*^2 ♦Octavius. 507 43 ♦Octavius. 330 33 *Octavia. 440 264 Odenatus. 1662 251 Odin. 1106 886 Odo. 817 1841 O'Donnell, Daniel 1868 1710 •CEnotrus. 432 768 OfFa. 1843 1451 *0g. 1861 17«3 Oglethorpe, J. E. 9 91)4 Oleg. 400 3:^7 *01ympias. 66 450 Olympiodrus. 757 683 Omar. 1534 1855 Omar Pasha. 1555 1856 O'Niel, Col. 1605 3i:o *Onias. 283 no *Onias III. 58 lo2 *Onias IV. 1860 3o3 ♦Onomarchus. 474 16 -(9 Opitz, Martin 336 217 Oppian. 335 1865 Ord, Gen. 132 1580 Orellana, Francisco 1865 1570 Ormond, Duke 1867 412 Orosius. 1863 1284 *Orpheus. 1681 1860 Ortego, Gen. 1834 1868 Osorio, Gen. 1861 340 Ossian. 412 1832 Otho, Prince 1858 1282 Ottoacre II. 1864 1849 Oudinot, Marshal 371 1867 Outram, Sir James 1864 1801 Overture Toussaint T 1860 25 *Ovid. 1681 1316 Owen, John 1820 1840 Oxford, Edward 1809 328 *Oxyartes. 323 629 H9 *Pa<;orus. 440 1848 Pagfes, Gamier 236 1801 Pahlen, Gen. 1819 1805 Paley, William 1446 1224 *Palamedes. 44 1868 Palmer, Gen. John M. 1096 1860 Palmerston, Lord 1120 190 *Pan8etiu8. 1268 423 Panodorus. 1335 7 763 Paoli, Paschal 9 r.oo *Pa-out-Bhe. 317 Papinian. *Papias. ♦Papirius Cursor. Pappus. Papineau. *Paris. Park, Mungo Parker, Theodore Parker, Admiral *Parmenides. *Parmenio. *Parrhasius. Pascal, Blaise Pascal I., Pope Paschal I., Pope Patoni, Gen. Patrick, St. Pattinger, Sir H. Patterson, Gen. Paterculus, Velleius Paulinus. Paul, St. Paul I., Pope Paul III., Pope Paul IV., Pope Paul V. Pope Paul the Theban. Paulinus. Paulding, J. K. *Pausanias. *Pausanias. *Pausias. Pausanias. Paxton, Sir Joseph Peabody, George Peck, Gen. Pedro Don Peel, Sir Robert Pegram, Col. Pelagius. Pelissier, Marshal Pellico, Silvio *Pelopida8. Pendleton, G. H. Pennington, W. Penn, William Pepe, Gen. Perceval. *Perdiccas. *Periander. ^Pericles. Perpetua. Perry, Com. Perugino, Peter Peter, St. Peter the Hermit. Peter the Lombard. Peter of Albano. Petrarch. Phsedrus. *Phalerius Demetrius. 1715 *Pharez. 1440 Podiebrad, George 400 *Pharnabasu8. 14 ♦Polemou. 47 ^Pharnaces. 1868 Pollard. 138 Phavorinus. 304 Pollio, TrebelliuB 47 *Phazael. 25 *Pollio. 1862 Phelps, John S. 1213 ♦Pollux. 13 *Pherora8. 1272 Polo, Marco 445 *Phidia8 161 Polyaenus. 869 *Phidon. 204 *Polybius. 1364 Philip the Bold. 1552 ♦Polycaon. 285 ♦Phiieteerus. 232 Polycletus. 277 *Phila. 522 ♦Polycrates. 163 *Philip. 166 Poly carp. 3 *Philip, (Herod) 424 ♦Polygnotus. 1788 Philip, Capt. 319 ♦Polysperchon. 1436 Philip the Good. 77 *Pompey. 1675 Philip, king of Wampanoogs. 1868 Ponce Gen. 208 *Philopoemen. 1764 Pontiac. 354 ■*Philomelus. 27 Pontius Pilate. 388 *Philoxenus. 1861 Pope, Gen. John 330 *Philotas. 1688 Pope, Alexander 78 *Philo. 48 *Ponthinus. 278 *Philo. 168 ♦Popilius. 30 Philo. 276 Porphyry. 211 Philostratus. 507 ♦Porsenna. 1328 Philippa. 327 ♦Porus. 1690 Phipps, Sir William 79 *Posidoniu8. 138 Phlegon. 496 ♦Posthumius. 318 *Phocion. 1665 Poussin, Nicholas 606 ♦Phocylides. 1860 Powell, Baden 382 *Phoebidas. 1868 Prado, Col. 867 Photius. 1370 *Pr8etus. 162 *Physcon. 1859 Prescott, William Hiokling 1861 Pierce, Gen. 1860 Preston, W. C. 1339 Pilatus, Leo 1224 *Priam. 530 Pilpay. 1864 Price, Gen. 480 *Pindar. 1648 Prideaux, Humphrey 166 Pionices. 1804 Priestly, Joseph 560 ♦Pisistratus. 1844 Prim, Gen. 19 Piso. 811 Procopia. 414 *Pisuthnes. 568 Procopius. 1806 Pitt, William 808 *Procas. 1778 Pitt, William (Chatham) 514 Proclus. 606 ♦Pittacus. 130 Prodicus. 142 Pius I., Pope 25 *Propertiu8. 1503 Pius III., Pope 507 ■"^Protagoras. 1559 Pius IV., Pope 332 *Protogenes. 1566 Pius v.. Pope 392 Prudentius. 1814 Pius VII., Pope. 166 ♦Prusias. 1848 Pius IX., Pope. 1863 Pryor, Gen. 1531 Pizarro, Francia 1055 Psellus, Michael 428 ♦Plato. 132 Ptolemy. 207 ♦Plautus. 97 ♦Ptolemy Apion. 43 Plautius. 269 ♦Ptolemy Evergeteu. 66 Pliny the elder. 414 Pulcheria. 96 Pliny the younger. 1868 Pulgar. 211 Plotianus. 1695 Purcell, Henry 78 *Plotius. 25 ♦Pylades. 251 Plotinus. 300 ♦Pyrrho. 90 Plutarch. 298 ♦Pyrrhus. 1609 Pochahontas. 539 ♦Pythagoras. 388 *Fythia8. 1861 Rosecrans, Gen. W. S. 1862 Ross, Adj. James Clark 126 Quadratus. 1865 Rosser, Gen. 1867 Queretaro. 1860 Ross, Sir William 79 Quiniilian. 1868 Rossini, Gioacchino 8 Quirinius. 1673 Rosa, Salvator 1858 Rose, Sir Hugh 886 Rabanus. 1868 Rothschild, Baron 1530 Rabelais, Francis 1778 Rousseau, Jean Jaquea 1753 *Rachel. 1868 Rousseau. 1817 Radama the Great. 328 *Roxana. 831 Radbertus, Paschasius. 1640 Rubens, Peter Paul 1749 RadclifiFe, John 1258 Rubruqfuis. 1855 Raglan, Lord 1078 Rudolph. 1834 Rajah of Coarg. 1644 Rupert, Prince 1618 Raleigh, Sir Walter 1846 Russel, Lord John 1205 Raimond VI. 1692 Russel, Admiral 1784 Ramsay, Allan 1684 Ruysdael, Jacob 1862 Ransom, Gen, 1483 Raphael Sanzio. 617 Sabert. 1867 Rattazzi, Signer 240 Sabinianus. 1610 Ravillac. 1494 Sachs, Hans 1868 Read, Gen. 1847 Sa-da-bandeira. 1856 *Rebekah. 260 *Sadok. 1868 Red Cloud. 631 *Sadyattes. 886 Reginon. 1863 Said, Viceroy 256 *Regulus. 1791 Sahib, Tippoo 1796 Reid, Thomas 1857 Sahib, Nana 1660 Rembrandt, Van Ryn 1171 Saladin. 1631 Renaudot. 1849 Saffi. 1862 Reno, Gen. J. F. 1868 Saget, Nissage 1863 Reynolds, Gen. John F. 60 *Sallust. 1792 Reynolds, Sir Joshua 13 '^Salome. 743 *Rezin. 138 Salvius, Julian 961 Rhazes. 1868 Salnave. 161 *Rhazi8. 1868 Salomon. 1585 Richelieu, Cardinal 631 Samo. 1555 Ridley, Nicholas 268 Samosatenus, Paulus 1823 Riego, Raphael del 432 *Sanballat 1317 Rienzi. 305 *Sandrocottus. 1590 Rinuccini, Octavio 1868 Santanta. 1796 Rittenhouse, David 1483 Sanzio, Raphael 1859 Ritter, Carl 1483 Sanzio, Giovanni 1566 Rizzio, David 606 ♦Sappho. 1794 Robespierre, Francois 1986 *Sarai. 1858 Roberts, Gen. 1868 Sarmiento. 1309 Robert the Good. 137 *Satyrus. 1081 Robert of Apulia. 35 Saul of Tarsus. 1087 Robert of Normandy. 1500 Savonarola. 1096 Robert of Flanders. 1546 *Scamander. 1241 Robert of Gloucester. 51 Scapula, Ostorius 1659 Robinson. 62 *Scaurus. 1855 Rogers, Samuel 1859 Schamyl. 1090 Roger the Norman. 1667 Scheele, Charles William 1303 Roger de Flor. 1805 Schimmelpenninck. 1613 Rolfe, John 1862 Schoep, Gen. 912 Rollo. 1864 Schofield, Gen. 1848 RoUin, Ledru 60 *Sciold. 1661 RoUin, Charles 211 '^Scipio. 1793 Roland, Madame 187 *Scipio Africanus. 1692 Rooke, Admiral 159 ♦Scipio Nasqia. 146 •Scipio, P. 1868 Smith, Seba 436 ♦Scopas. 1802 Smith, Gen. C. F. 198 *Scopa8. 1865 Smith, Kirby 1832 Scott, Sir Walter 674 Sobieski, John 886 Scotus, John 1560 Socinus, Lselius 1073 Scotus, Marianus 400 ♦Socrates. 568 *Scyllis. 412 Socrates. 1861 Sebastian, W. K. 81 Solinus. 616 Secundus. 604 *SoIon. 1864 Sedgwick, John 1380 Somer, John 31 Sejanus. 1714 Sophia, Dorothea 99 *Sematzin. 1472 Sophia. 1841 Senhouse, Sir Le Fleming 46 *Sosigines. 30 Seneca. 278 *So8tratus. 844 Sergius III., Pope 207 *Sotion. 77 *Sertorius. 1843 Southey, Robert 1553 Servetus. 473 ♦Sophocles. 98 Severus, J, 450 Sozomen. 423 Servius. 438 ♦Spartacus. 1865 Seward, William H. 71 *Spartacus. 36 •Sextus PompeiuB. 304 Spartianus, ^lius 1536 Seymour, Jane 1864 Speke, John Hannin 1857 Seymour, Sir M. 1599 Spenser, Edmund 583 *Shadrach. 1680 Stafford, Lord 1692 Shadwell, Thomas 1584 Standish, Miles 1564 Shakspeare, William 1867 Stanley, Lord 1807 Sharp, Granville 1862 Stanton, E. M. 1782 Shelburn. 325 *Statira. 1822 Shelly, Percy Bysshe 96 Statius. 1793 Sherman, Roger 1729 Steele, Sir Richard 1861 Sherman, William T. 1659 Stephenson. 1864 Sheridan, Philip 752 Stephen III., Pope 1707 Shovel, Sir Cloudesley 768 Stephen IV., Pope 1867 Sickles, Gen. Daniel E. 816 Stephen V., Pope 1622 Sidney, Algernon 1096 Stephen of Chartren 1586 Sidney, Sir Philip 1575 Stephen, Battory 1588 Sidonia, Medina 1865 Stephens, James 644 Sigebert. 1868 Stephens, Thaddeus 1861 Sigel, Franz 1861 Stephens, Alexander H 1378 Sigismond. 1794 Steuben, Baron 1507 Sigismund I. 96 Stephanus. 1548 Sigismund II. 606 ♦Stesichorus. 1451 *Sihon. 1795 Stiles, Ezra 477 *Simonides. 396 Stilicho. 290 *Simon the Just. 423 Stobaeus. 25 Simon. 1634 Stone, Capt. 1464 Simnel, Lambert 1861 Stone, Gen. 167 *Sirach. 1865 Storks, Henry 78 *Sisenna, L. 25 *Strabo. 708 Sissineus, Pope 277 ♦Straton-ice. 1054 Siward. 1754 Stuart, Gilbert Charles 119 Sixtus I., Pope 1862 Stuart. 1471 Sixtus IV., Pope 1862 Stuart, Gen. J. E. B. 1585 Sixtus v., Pope 1861 Sturgis, Major 1868 Slemmer, Adam J. 1857 Sue, Eugene 1861 SlideU. 1655 Sueur, Eustace le 1846 Sloat, Commodore 106 Suetonius. 1631 Smith, John 1108 Sugar, Abbfe 1844 Smith, Joseph 961 Suidas. 1845 Smith, Rev. Sydney 1154 Suidas. 1868 Smith, Benjamin F- J863 Svillivfin, Ge©. 1794 Sullivan, John 41 Theophilus. 200 *Sulpitius, P. 177 Theophilus. 423 Sulpicius Severus 450 Theodoret. 1856 Sumner, Charles 461 Theodoric. 1863 Sumner, Gen. E. V. 642 Theodorus, Pope 1780 Sumter, Gen. Thomas 1868 Theodorus, King 53 ♦Surenas. 685 Theophylactus. 1868 Surratt, John H. 1158 Theobold. 562 •Susarion. 1736 Theodore of Corsica. 1340 Swartz. 1213 ♦Theseus. 1689 Swedenborg, Emanuel 440 *Theuxis. 940 Swiatoslaf. 1852 Thiers, M. 1667 Swift, Dr. Jonathan 1700 Thomson, James 1044 Sylvester III., Pope 403 ♦Thrasybulus. 106 *Sylla. 430 ♦Thucydides. 384 Symachus. 1868 Thurlow, S. 200 •Syphax. 133 *Tiberius Gracchus. 423 Synesius. 903 *Tiberinus. 716 Syncellus, George 925 ♦Tibni. 25 *Tibullus. 96 Tacitus. 93 *Tigranes. 1838 Talleyrand. 1630 Tillotson, John 1715 *Tamar. 1622 Tilly, John F. 1335 Tamerlane. 340 *Timoleon. 1096 Tancred. 164 *Timotheu8. 1857 Taney, Roger B. 163 *Timotheu8. 1868 Tapete, Admiral 50 Timothy. 1780 Tarleton, Gen. Bannastre 65 Tiridates. 711 ♦Tartan. 411 *Tissaphernes. 1633 Tasman. 1576 Titian. 1569 Tasso, Bernardo 1120 Tograi. 1595 Tasso, Torquato 1798 Tone, Wolfe 1716 Tate, Nahum 1678 Tongue, Dr. 177 Tatian. 1794 Tooke, John Home 1667 Taylor, Dr. Jeremy 1643 Torricelli. 1866 Teck, Prince Alexander Von 1692 Tourville, Admiral 1813 Tecumseh. 138 Trallian. 1867 TegethotF, Admiral 1374 *Troas. 207 *Teleclus. 1653 Tromp, Van 127 Telesphorus, Pope 1756 Trumbull, John 1306 Tel), William 25 ♦Tucca. i699 Temple, Sir William 1420 Tudor, Owen 457 *Teresh. 1851 Turner, J. W. M. 172 ♦Terence. 829 Turpin. 202 Tertullian. 81 Tyanaeus. 1502 *Teucer. 1381 Tyler, Wat 1176 ♦Teucer. 60 *Tyrannion. 254 *Teuman. 1100 Tyrel, Sir Walter 600 *Thales. 685 *Tyrtaeus. 330 *Thalestris. 1183 Tzetes, John 1794 Thelwall, John 607 ♦Theano. 1102 Uladislaus. 539 ♦Thespis. 1206 Uladislaus III. 1235 *Theseus. 1306 Uladislaus IV. 606 *Theognis. 1434 Uladislaus VI. 473 *Thenustocles. 1868 Uraga, Gen. 392 Theon. 1061 Uratislas. 285 *Theocritus. 2^8 Urban I., Pope 354 ♦Theopompus. 1362 Urban V., Pope. 250 Theodorus. 1378 Urban VI., Pope 138 Theou. 1590 Urban VII., Pope 1623 Urban VIII., Pope 1634 140 Urbicus, Lollius 1536 1857 Ure, Andrew 1096 1035 *XJriah. 672 1868 Urquiza, Gen. 1493 1580 Usher, Dr. James 1861 801 1140 Vacarius. 1868 142 Valen-tine. 1471 33 Valerius Maximus. 1868 23 Valerius Gratus. 1732 78 ^Valerius, Q. 1861 1326 Valigfort, Ricoard 1748 1865 Vance, Gov. 1865 1346 Vaneck, John 1777 1641 Van Dyck, Sir Anthony 1868 1861 Van Dorn 1852 66 *Vararuche. 1852 74 *Varro, Terentius 1868 25 ♦Varrus. 1284 5 •Varrus, Q. 1301 1497 Vasco de Gama. 1593 462 •Vashti. 1730 1545 Vasalius. 1865 1222 Vataces, John Ducas 1753 1635 Vega, Lope de 1856 1660 Velasquez, Diego 1864 39 *Ventidius. 1770 1524 Verazzani. 1787 1588 Veronese, Paul 1324 1497 Vespucci, Amerigo 1861 1370 Vick. 1737 185 Victor I., Pope 1861 1055 Victor XL, Pope 1554 1713 Victor Amadeus. 1647 235 Victor. 1650 363 Victor Aurelius. 1747 565 Vigilantia. 1751 66 *Vikramodity 1100 1203 Ville Hardouin. 1046 199 ♦Villicus. 1084 1445 Vinci, Leonardo da 1140 19 *Virgil. 1185 748 Virgilius. 1247 146 *Viriathus. 1601 657 Vitalian, Pope 1855 514 Vitalianus. 1855 25 *Vitruvius. 1868 1694 Voltaire, Francois 1860 1868 Voorhies, Lieut. Gov. 1305 304 Vopiscus. 731 1594 1170 Wace, Robert 1587 1770 Wadley, James 1861 1770 Wadley, Jane 1865 1170 Waldo, Peter 1865 1507 Waldseemuller. 1794 1856 Walker, Gen. 1672 1305 Wallace, William 1759 1868 Wallace, Gen. 1471 1605 Waller, Edmund 1464 Wallenstein, Albert of Walsingham, Sir Francis Waiter the Penniless. Wamba. Warbeck, Perkin Ward, Capt. Warefredus, Paul Warmouth, H. C. Warwick, Richard Nevil Wasbburne. Washington, George Washington, Col. J. A. Watts, Dr. Isaac Watts, Gov. Wayne, Gen. Anthony Webb, Gen. Webster, Daniel Wellesley, Sir Arthur Wells, Henry H. Weiiceslaus III. Wenceslaus. Wentworth, Sir Thomas Wesley, John Westbury, Lord Chancellor West, Benjamin Westmacott, Sir Richard Wheeler, Gen. Whitefield, George Whittake-r, James Wickliffe, John Wigfall, Gen. L. T. Wilhelmina, Caroli*ne Dorothea Wilkes, Com. William the Great. William II. William III. William IV. William V. William of Poitou. William of Arques. William of Spires. William of Malmsbury. William of Newbury. William of Holland. Williams, Roger Williams, Gen. Williamson, Passmore Wilson. Wilson, H. H. Winceslas, IV. Winifred. Winslow, Edwarji Winthrop, John Winthrop, Maj. Theodore Wirz. Wiseman, Cardinal Witherspoon, Dr. Witt, John de Wolfe, Gen. James Wolsey, Thomas Woodville, Sir Richard 3M 1861 Wool, Gen. John E. 1710 Wren, Sir Christopher 1862 Wright, Gen. 250 *Xanthippus. 539 *Xenophanes. 410 *Xenophon. 1617 Ximenes, Cardinal 1858 Yeh, Commissioner 680 Yezid, Caliph 1217 Yolanda. 1681 Young, Dr. Edward 145 Zabdiel. 1014 Zadoc. 1861 Zagonyi, Maj, 840 *Zechariali. 520 ♦Zechariah. 409 *Zecharia8. 264 Zenobia. 78 *Zeno of Sidon. 206 *Zeno of Tarsus. 312 *Zeno. 610 *Zephaniah. 197 Zephyrinus, Pope 715 *Zerah. 945 *Zerah. 520 *Zerubbabel. 480 *Zeuxis. 1861 Zollicofifer, Gen. 450 Zozimus. 1530 Zuinglius, Ulrioh 1859 Zuloaga. 1844 Zurbano. INDEX TABLE OP BATTLES. 1799 Aboukir. 1840 Bey rout. *31 Actium. 1863 Big Black River. 1799 Adda. 1861 Big Bethel. 1829 Adrianople. 1857 Bithoor. 1415 Agincourt. 1863 Blackwater, Va. 1803 Ahmednuggur. 1861 Blackburn Ford. 1868 Alcola, Spain. 1814 Bladensburg. 1801 Alexandria. 1794 Bois le due. 1864 AUatoona. 1485 Bosworth. 1854 Alma. 1864 Bottom Bridge. 1771 Almansee. 1812 Borodino. 1865 Alsen, Denmark. 1215 Bovines. 1402 Angora. 1794 Boxtel. 1862 Antietam. 1690 Boyne. 1832 Antwerp. 1777 Brandywine. 236 Aquilea. 1814 Bridgewater. *331 Arbela. 1779 Briar Creek. 1796 Areola. 1814 Brienne. 1868 Arequipa. 1862 Britton's Lane. 1857 Arrah. 1812 Brownstown. 1192 Ascalon. 1861 Bull Run. 1863 Arkansas Post. 1862 Bull Run 2d. 1809 Aspern. 1847 Buena Vista. 1862 Aspromonte. 1859 Buenos Ayres. 1803 Assaye. 1775 Bunker Hill. 1864 Atlanta. 1806 Auerstadt. 1868 Cadiz. 1862 Augusta, Ky. 1860 Calatifimi. 1805 Austerlitz. 1794 Cambray. 1865 Averysboro. 1780 Camden. 1797 Camperdown. 1864 Bagoline, Lombardy. 1862 Cane Hill. 1863 Baker's Creek, Miss. *216 Cannae. 1854 Balaclava. 1841 Canton. 1861 Ball's BlufiF, 1857 Canton. 1814 Baltimore. 1797 Cape St. Vincent. 1314 Bannockburn. 1861 Carrick's Ford. 1471 Barnet. Carnifex Ferry. 1808 Baylen. Carthage. 1456 Belgrade. 1799 Cassano. 1814 Bellair. 1857 Cawnpore. 1861 Belmont. 1863 Cedar Bluff, Ga. 1777 Bennington. 1862 Cedar Mountain. 1865 Bentonville. 1864 Cedar Creek. 1812 Beresina. 1847 Cerro Gordo. 1799 Bergen. 1863 Chattanooga. 1814 Cbamplain, naval. 405 Fesulae. 1863 Chancellorsville. 1794 Fleurus. 18G0 Chang-kia-wan. 1513 Flodden. 1862 Cbantilly. 1865 Five Forks. 1863 Charleston, S. C. 1864 Fisher's Hill. 1861 Cheat Mountain. 1814 Fontainebleau. 1847 Chepultepec. 1745 Fontenoy. *338 Cheronea. 1862 Fort Craig. *86 Cheronea. 1861 Fort Darling. 1862 Chickahominy. 1862 Fort Donelson. 1863 Chickamauga. 1814 Fort Erie. 1849 Chillianwallah. 1865 Fort Fisher. 1841 Chinhoe. » 1861 Fort Hatteras. 1814 Chippewa. 1862 Fort Henry. 1769 Choczim. Fort Macon. 1847 Churubusco. 1864 Fort Pillow. 1039 Clontarf. 1862 Fort Pulaski 1864 Coal Harbor. 1864 Fort De Russey. 1837 Constantina. 1863 Fort Smith. 1847 Contreras. 1861 Fort Sumter. 1862 Corinth. 1864 Franklin, Tenn. 1809 Corunna. 1862 Fredericksburg. 1781 Cowpens. 1861 Fredericktown. 1814 Craonne. 1847 Freiburg. 1346 Crecy. 1807 Friedland. 1868 Crete. 1862 Front Royal. 1862 Cross Keys. 1746 CuUoden. 1861 Gaeta. 1863 Culpepper. 1862 Gainsville. Cumberland Gap. 1866 Galicia. - 1862 Cumberland Mountain. 1862 Garrettsburg. *197 Cynoscephalse. 1777 Germantown. 1868 Gettysburg. 1864 Dallas. 1862 Goldsboro. Dalton. *334 Granicus. Decatur. ♦73 Granicus. 1857 Delhi. 1476 Granson. 1743 Dettingen. 1831 Grochow. 1781 Doggerbank. 1781 Guildford. 1100 Dorylaeum. 1861 Drainsville. 1862 Hampton Roads. 1813 Dresden. Harper's Ferry. 1861 Dug Spring. 1066 Hastings. 1650 Dunbar. 1864 Hatcher's Run. 1793 Dunkirk. 1800 Hohenlinden. 1868 Humartd, Paraguaj. 1642 Edgehill. 1862 Huntersville. 1863 Elk Creek, Ark. 1863 Hunt's Cross Roads, Tena 1813 Erie, navsj. 1794 Espierre. 1862 Island No. 10. 1809 Essling. 1855 Ingour. 878 Ethandune. 1854 Inkermann. 1855 Eupatoria. *301 Ipsus. 1781 Eutaw Springs. *333 Issus. 1846 Evora, Portugal. 1862 luka. 1807 Eylau. 1863 Jackson, Miss 1861 Fairfax Court House. 1792 Jemmappes. 1862 Fair Oaks. 1806 Jena. 1861 Falling Water. 1858 Jhansi. 1863 Fayetteville, Ark. 1864 JoneBboro. 1813 Kalzbach. 1859 Montebello. 1863 Kelly's Ford. 1814 Montereau. 1798 Kilcullen. 1846 Monterey. 1780 King's Mountain. 1866 Montesuello. 1862 Kingston, N. C. 1796 Mondovi. 1863 Knoxville. Montenotte. 1832 Konieh. 1778 Monmouth. 1858 Kotah. 1315 Morgarten. 1862 More"8 Hill. 1692 La Hogue. *45 Munda. 1568 Langside. 1861 Munfordsville. 1795 Laono. 1862 Murfreesboro. 1263 Larga. *43 Mutina. 1176 Legnano. 1813 Leipsic. 1798 Naas. 1814 Leon. 1700 Narya. 1571 Lepanto. 1864 Nashville. *146 Leucopetra. 1645 Naseby. *371 Leuctra. 1827 Navarino, navaL 1775 Lexington 1864 Neosho. 1861 Lexington, Mo. 1867 Nerola. 1815 Ligny. 1862 Newbern. 1793 Lincelles. 1798 Nile. 1141 Lincoln. 1634 Nordlingen. 1796 Lodi. 1849 Novara. 1796 Lonato. 1799 Novi. 1776 Long Island. 1864 Lost Mountain. 1809 Ocana. 1857 Lucknow. 1864 Olustee, Fla. 1847 Lucerne. 1832 Oporto. 1626 Lutter. *86 OrchomenoB. 1632 Lutzengen. 1388 Otterburn. 871 Otranto. »190 Magnesia. 1708 Oudenarde, 1707 Malplaquet. 1798 Oulart. 1794 Maciejowice. 1868 Magdala, Abyssinia. 1864 Paducah. 1859 Magenta. 1859 Palestro. 1806 Maida. 1846 Palo Alto. 1855 Malakhoff. 1734 Parma. 1862 Malvern Hill. 1429 Patay. *206 Mantinea. 1525 Pavia. *362 Mantinea. 1862 Pea Ridge. 1863 Manassas Gap. Perryville. *490 Marathon. 1865 Petersburg. 1515 Marignan. *48 Pharsalia. 1644 Marston Moor. 1861 Philippi. 1789 Martinesti. *42 Philippi. 1861 Mathias Point. 1862 Pittsburg Landing. 1862 Maysville, Ark. *479 Plataea. 1868 Mazatlan. 507 Poictiers. 1862 McDowell's. 1868 Port au Prince. 1860 Melazzo. 1863 Port Gibson. 1862 Memphis. Port Hudson. 1792 Menin. 1861 Port Royal. 1867 Mentana. 1862 Prairie Grove, Ark. 1800 Mincio. 1620 Prague. 1862 Mill Spring. 1757 Prague. 1759 Minden. 1838 Prescott. 1807 Mohrungen. 1745 Preston Pans. 1847 Molino del Rey. 1777 Princeton. 1862 Puebla, 1709 Pultowa. *168 Pydna. 1798 Pyramids. 1813 Pyrenees. 1815 Quatre Bras. 1759 Quebec. 1812 Queenstown. 1793 Quesnoy. 1706 Ramilies. 1868 Rangoon. *219 Raphia. 1863 Raymond, Miss. 1862 Reggie, 1864 Resaca. 1846 Resaca de la Palma 1776 Rhode Island. 1778 Rhode Island. 1862 Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Va. 1861 Rich Mountain. 1862 Roanoke Island. 1861 Romney. 1757 Rossbach. 1847 Sacramento. 1866 Sadowa. *480 Salamis. 1812 Salamanca. 1868 Samarcand. 1864 San Pedro. 1861 Santa Roga. 1862 Savage Station. 1861 Screytown, Va, 1868 Scutari. *223 Selasia. 1831 Seidlice. 1386 Sempach. 1791 Seringapatam. 1799 Seringapatam. 1862 Shanghai. 1715 SheriflFmuir. 1862 Shiloh. 1864 Shreveport. 1862 Silver Creek. *53 Slnnaca. 1812 Smolenskc 485 Soissons. 1859 Solferino. 1862 South Mountain 1864 Spottsylvania. 1780 Springfield. 1455 St. Albans. 1837 St. E-ustace. 1777 Stillwater. 1862 Stone River. 1863 Suffolk, Va. *Before Christ 1809 Talavera. *456 Tanagrea. 1814 Tarbes. 1829 Tarqui. 1855 Tchernaya. 1813 Thames. *480 Thermopyla. 1822 Thermopylas. *217 Thrasymene. 1758 Ticonderoga. 1811 Tippecanoe. 1815 Tolentino. 1212 Tolosa. 1814 Toulouse. 1794 Tourcoing. 1805 Trafalgar. 1799 Trebia. 1776 Trenton. 1863 Triune, Tenn. 1808 Tudela. 1868 Tunas, Cuba. 1805 Ulm. 1792 Valmy. 1444 Varna. 1811 Varossa. 1863 Vicksburg. 1868 Villeta. . 1808 Vimeira. 1813 Vittoria. 1860 Volturno. 1809 Wagram. 1460 Wakefield. 1831 Warsaw. 1656 Warsaw. 1814 Washington. (Bm 1793 Wattignies. 1815 Waterloo. 1864 Weldon Railroad. 1862 West Point. White Oak Swamp. White Hall, N. C. 1776 White Plains. 1861 Wild Cat. 1864 Wilderness. 1862 Winchester. 1813 Williamsburg. 1862 Williamsburg. 1865 Wilmington. 1861 Wilson Creek. 1651 Worcester. 1868 Yeddo. *202 Zama. 1799 Zurich. 1686 Zutphen. Il\ im:MMf4ff^M''^^^ 3;^: