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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 XI
The National Alumni
CONTENTS
VOLUME XI
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XI
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE GREAT EVENTS
(ERA OF POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS WARS)
CHARLES F. HORNE
GROWTH OF NATIONAL SPIRIT
DECAY OF THE HAPSBURG POWER
THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
RULE OF RICHELIEU
THE PURITAN REVOLUTION
ACQUISITION OF COLONIAL POSSESSIONS
FOOTNOTES:
HENRY HUDSON EXPLORES THE HUDSON RIVER
A.D. 1609
HENRY R. CLEVELAND
GALILEO OVERTHROWS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
THE TELESCOPE AND ITS DISCOVERIES
A.D. 1610
SIR OLIVER LODGE
FOOTNOTES:
BEGINNING OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA
A.D. 1612
BECKLES WILLSON
DUTCH SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK
A.D. 1614
DAVID T. VALENTINE
HARVEY DISCOVERS THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
A.D. 1616
THOMAS H. HUXLEY
THE "DEFENESTRATION" AT PRAGUE
THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
A.D. 1618
SAMUEL R. GARDINER CHARLES F. HORNE
SAMUEL R. GARDINER
CHARLES F. HORNE[32]
FOOTNOTES:
FIRST AMERICAN LEGISLATURE
A.D. 1619
CHARLES CAMPBELL
INTRODUCTION OF NEGROES INTO VIRGINIA
SPREAD OF SLAVERY AND THE CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO
A.D. 1619
CHARLES CAMPBELL JOHN M. LUDLOW
CHARLES CAMPBELL
JOHN M. LUDLOW
ENGLISH PILGRIMS SETTLE AT PLYMOUTH
A.D. 1620
JOHN S. BARRY
BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHODS
BACON AND DESCARTES
A.D. 1620
GEORGE HENRY LEWES
SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE
RICHELIEU RULES FRANCE
A.D. 1627
ANDREW D. WHITE
GREAT PURITAN EXODUS TO NEW ENGLAND
FOUNDING OF BOSTON
A.D. 1630
JOHN G. PALFREY
TRIUMPH AND DEATH OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AT LUETZEN
A.D. 1632
BENJAMIN CHAPMAN
RECANTATION OF GALILEO
A.D. 1633
SIR OLIVER LODGE
THE ABJURATION OF GALILEO
FOOTNOTES:
EDUCATIONAL REFORM OF COMENIUS
A.D. 1638
S. S. LAURIE
FOOTNOTES:
FIRST WRITTEN FREE CONSTITUTION IN THE WORLD
EARLIEST UNION AMONG AMERICAN COLONIES
A.D. 1639-1643
G. H. HOLLISTER JOHN MARSHALL
G. H. HOLLISTER
JOHN MARSHALL
ABOLITION OF THE COURT OF STAR-CHAMBER
POPULAR REVOLT AGAINST CHARLES I
A.D. 1641
HENRY HALLAM LORD MACAULAY
HENRY HALLAM
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
FOUNDING OF MONTREAL
A.D. 1642
ALFRED SANDHAM
PRESBYTERIANISM ESTABLISHED
MEETING OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY
A.D. 1643
DAVID MASSON
FOOTNOTES:
MASANIELLO'S REVOLT AT NAPLES
A.D. 1647
ALFRED VON REUMONT
PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
WAR OF THE FRONDE
A.D. 1648
ARTHUR HASSALL
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION PROCLAIMED IN MARYLAND
A.D. 1649
G. L. DAVIS
FOOTNOTES:
GREAT CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND
EXECUTION OF CHARLES I
A.D. 1649
LORD MACAULAY CHARLES KNIGHT
LORD MACAULAY
CHARLES KNIGHT
FOOTNOTES:
CROMWELL'S CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND
A.D. 1649
FREDERIC HARRISON
FOOTNOTES:
MOLIÈRE CREATES MODERN COMEDY
A.D. 1659
HENRI VAN LAUN
CROMWELL'S RULE IN ENGLAND
THE RESTORATION
A.D. 1660
THOMAS CARLYLE JOHN R. GREEN SAMUEL PEPYS
THOMAS CARLYLE
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
SAMUEL PEPYS
FOOTNOTES:
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
Embracing the Period Covered in This Volume
a.d. 1609-1660
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
END OF VOLUME XI
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