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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
The National Alumni
CONTENTS
VOLUME XIII
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XIII
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
THE GREAT EVENTS
CHARLES F. HORNE
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN LAW PROMOTES THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
FOOTNOTES:
PRINCE EUGENE VANQUISHES THE TURKS
SIEGE AND BATTLE OF BELGRAD
PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY
BURSTING OF THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
BACH LAYS THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN MUSIC
HENRY TIPPER
FOOTNOTES:
SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIA
WILLIAM B. STEVENS
RISE OF METHODISM
PREACHING OF THE WESLEYS AND OF WHITEFIELD
WILLIAM E.H. LECKY
CONQUESTS OF NADIR SHAH
CAPTURE OF DELHI
SIR JOHN MALCOLM
FIRST MODERN NOVEL
EDMUND GOSSE
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FREDERICK THE GREAT SEIZES SILESIA
MARIA THERESA APPEALS TO THE HUNGARIANS
WILLIAM SMYTH
DEFEAT OF THE YOUNG PRETENDER AT CULLODEN
LAST OF THE STUARTS
JUSTIN McCARTHY
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRICITY
JOHN BIGELOW AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
VOLTAIRE DIRECTS EUROPEAN THOUGHT FROM GENEVA
JOHN MORLEY GEORGE W. KITCHIN
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BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
WINTHROP SARGENT GEORGE WASHINGTON CAPTAIN DE CONTRECŒUR
FOOTNOTES:
EXILE OF THE ACADIAN NEUTRALS
WILLIAM H. WITHROW[39]
FOOTNOTES:
CLIVE ESTABLISHES BRITISH SUPREMACY IN INDIA
THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA: BATTLE OF PLASSEY
SIR ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT
FOOTNOTES:
SEVEN YEARS' WAR
BATTLE OF TORGAU
WOLFGANG MENZEL FREDERICK THE GREAT
FOOTNOTES:
CONQUEST OF CANADA
VICTORY OF WOLFE AT QUEBEC
A.G. BRADLEY
FOOTNOTES:
USURPATION OF CATHARINE II IN RUSSIA
W. KNOX JOHNSON
FOOTNOTES:
CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC
E.O. RANDALL
FOOTNOTES:
AMERICAN COLONIES OPPOSE THE STAMP ACT
PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH
JAMES GRAHAME GEORGE BANCROFT
WATT IMPROVES THE STEAM-ENGINE
FRANÇOIS ARAGO
FOOTNOTES:
FIRST PARTITION OF POLAND
JAMES FLETCHER
THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY
GEORGE BANCROFT
COTTON MANUFACTURE DEVELOPED
THOMAS F. HENDERSON
INTELLECTUAL REVOLT OF GERMANY
GOETHE'S "WERTHER" REVIVES ROMANTICISM
KARL HILLEBRAND
FOOTNOTES:
PESTALOZZI'S METHOD OF EDUCATION
GEORGE RIPLEY
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
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END OF VOLUME XIII
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