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%THE GREAT EVENTS%

BY

Famous Historians

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY. EMPHASIZINGTHE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS. AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES INTHE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

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ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOSTDISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONSBY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGEDCHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES. BIBLIOGRAPHIES. CHRONOLOGIES. ANDCOURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists VOLUME XII

%The National Alumni% 1905

%CONTENTS%

VOLUME XII

An Outline Narrative of the Great EventsCHARLES F. HORNE

Louis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy (A.D. 1661)JAMES COTTER MORISON

New York Taken by the English (A.D. 1664)JOHN R. BRODHEAD

Great Plague in London (A.D. 1665)DANIEL DEFOE

Great Fire in London (A.D. 1666)JOHN EVELYN

Discovery of Gravitation (A.D. 1666)SIR DAVID BREWSTER

Morgan, the Buccaneer, Sacks Panama (A.D. 1671)JOHANN W. VON ARCHENHOLZ

Struggle of the Dutch against France and England (A.D. 1672)C.M. DAVIES.

Discovery of the MississippiLa Salle Names Louisiana (A.D. 1673-1682)FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU

King Philip's War (A.D. 1675)RICHARD HILDRETH

Growth of Prussia under the Great ElectorHis Victory at Fehrbellin (A.D. 1675)THOMAS CARLYLE

William Penn Receives the Grant of PennsylvaniaFounding of Philadelphia (A.D. 1681)GEORGE E. ELLIS

Last Turkish Invasion of Europe Sobieski Saves Vienna (A.D. 1683)SUTHERLAND MENZIES

Monmouth's Rebellion (A.D. 1685)GILBERT BURNET

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (A.D. 1685)BON LOUIS HENRI MARTIN

The English Revolution
Flight of James II (A.D. 1688)
GILBERT BURNET
H.D. TRAILL

Peter the Great Modernizes RussiaSuppression of the Streltsi (A.D. 1689)ALFRED RAMBAUD

Tyranny of Andros in New EnglandThe Bloodless Revolution (A.D. 1689)CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT

Massacre of Lachine (A.D. 1689)FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU

Siege of Londonderry and Battle of the Boyne (A.D. 1689-1690)TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT

Salem Witchcraft Trials (A.D. 1692)RICHARD HILDRETH

Establishment of the Bank of England (A.D. 1694)JOHN FRANCIS

Colonization of Louisiana (A.D. 1699)CHARLES E.T. GAYARRÉ

Prussia Procla