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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME IX
The National Alumni
CONTENTS
VOLUME IX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME IX
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE GREAT EVENTS
(THE REFORMATION: REIGN OF CHARLES V)
CHARLES F. HORNE
RULERS OF EUROPE IN 1517
THE REFORMATION
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
THE OTHER CONTINENTS
FOOTNOTES:
LUTHER BEGINS THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY
A.D. 1517
JULIUS KOESTLIN JEAN M. V. AUDIN
JULIUS KOESTLIN
JEAN M. V. AUDIN
FOOTNOTES:
NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA
ITS INTRODUCTION BY LAW
A.D. 1517
SIR ARTHUR HELPS
FOOTNOTES:
FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE
MAGELLAN REACHES THE LADRONES AND PHILIPPINES
A.D. 1519
JOAN BAUTISTA ANTONIO PIGAFETTA[32]
JOAN BAUTISTA
ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
FOOTNOTES:
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD
A.D. 1520
J. S. BREWER
CORTÉS CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO
A.D. 1521
WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
FOOTNOTES:
LIBERATION OF SWEDEN
A.D. 1523
ERIC GUSTAVE GEIJER[35]
FOOTNOTES:
THE PEASANTS' WAR IN GERMANY
A.D. 1524
J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE
FRANCE LOSES ITALY
BATTLE OF PAVIA
A.D. 1525
WILLIAM ROBERTSON
SACK OF ROME BY THE IMPERIAL TROOPS
A.D. 1527
BENVENUTO CELLINI T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE
BENVENUTO CELLINI
T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE
FOOTNOTES:
GREAT RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND
FALL OF WOLSEY
A.D. 1529
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
PIZARRO CONQUERS PERU
A.D. 1532
HERNANDO PIZARRO WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
HERNANDO PIZARRO
WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
CALVIN IS DRIVEN FROM PARIS
HE MAKES GENEVA THE STRONGHOLD OF PROTESTANTISM
A.D. 1533
A. M. FAIRBAIRN JEAN M. V. AUDIN
A. M. FAIRBAIRN
JEAN M. V. AUDIN
FOOTNOTES:
ENGLAND BREAKS WITH THE ROMAN CHURCH
DESTRUCTION OF THE MONASTERIES
A.D. 1534
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
CARTIER EXPLORES CANADA
FRENCH ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION
A.D. 1534
H. H. MILES
FOOTNOTES:
MENDOZA SETTLES BUENOS AIRES
A.D. 1535
ROBERT SOUTHEY
FOOTNOTES:
FOUNDING OF THE JESUITS
A.D. 1540
ISAAC TAYLOR
DE SOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI[52]
A.D. 1541
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT
FOOTNOTES:
REVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMY BY COPERNICUS
A.D. 1543
SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL
FOOTNOTES:
COUNCIL OF TRENT AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
A.D. 1545
ADOLPHUS W. WARD
FOOTNOTES:
PROTESTANT STRUGGLE AGAINST CHARLES V
THE SMALKALDIC WAR
A.D. 1546
EDWARD ARMSTRONG
INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO JAPAN
A.D. 1549
JOHN H. GUBBINS
COLLAPSE OF THE POWER OF CHARLES V
FRANCE SEIZES GERMAN BISHOPRICS
A.D. 1552
LADY C. C. JACKSON
FOOTNOTES:
THE RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG
ABDICATION OF CHARLES V
A.D. 1555
WILLIAM ROBERTSON
FOOTNOTES:
AKBAR ESTABLISHES THE MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA
A.D. 1556
J. TALBOYS WHEELER
FOOTNOTES:
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
Embracing the Period covered in this Volume
A.D. 1517-1557
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
FOOTNOTES:
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