Dictionary of Historical Allusions

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Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, -1904

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1. 1.DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS
2. 2.ERRATA. — DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS — Abbeville, Treaty of. — Abecedarians. — Abencerrages. — Abhorrers. — Abingdon Law. — Abjuration, Act of (England). — Abjuration, Act of (Netherlands). — Abo, Treaty of. — Abolitionists. — Absentee Tax. — Academic Legion. — Acadia. — Acte Additionel. — Adam Kok, Treaty with. — Addled Parliament. — Adendorff Trek. — Adis Ababa, Treaty of. — Adjutators. — Admonition. — Admonition, Cardinal Allen’s. — Adonis of Fifty. — Adrian, Bull of. — Adrianople, Treaty of. — Adriatic, Marriage of the. — Adscriptus Glebæ. — Adullamites. — Adventurers of 1642. — Afrancesados. — Afrikander Bond. — Agraviados. — Agrarian League. — Agricultural Alliance Bill. — Aids. — Aigun, Convention of. — Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of. — Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of. — Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of. — Akerman, Treaty of. — Alabama. — Alais, Treaty of. — Alaric Cottin. — Alascans. — Alaska Purchase. — Alaska Treaty. — Albanian League. — Albany Regency. — Albigenses. — Alcantara, Knights of. — Ale Conner. — Alexander of Bulgaria, Abduction of. — Alexander of the North. — Alexander, The Albanian. — Alexander, The English. — Alexander Newski, Order of. — Alien Act. — Alien and Sedition Laws. — Aliwal North, First Treaty of. — Aliwal North, Second Treaty of. — All Red Cable. — Allgemeines Landrecht. — Alliance Society. — Allodial Lands. — Alte Fritz. — Althing. — Alumbrados. — Amalfitan Code. — Amboise, Conspiracy of. — Amboise, Convention of. — Amboyna, Massacre of. — America Act. — America, Discovery of. — American Customs Act. — American-Japanese Treaty. — American-Spanish Treaty. — Ami des Hommes. — Ami du Peuple. — Amiens, Award of. — Amiens, Peace of. — Amistad Case. — Amour, Loi d’. — Amoureux, Guerre des. — Ampoule, La Sainte. — Anabaptists. — Anarchist Riots, Chicago. — Ancients, Council of. — Ancon, Treaty of. — Andrassy Note. — Anes, Journée des. — Anglo-Chinese Agreement, 1902. — Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 1872. — Anglo-French Agreement, 1896. — Anglo-German Agreement, 1890. — Anglo-German Agreement, 1900. — Anglo-Italian Agreement, 1885. — Anglo-Japanese Agreement, 1902. — Anglo-Japanese Treaty, 1895. — Anglo-Portuguese Treaty, 1891. — Anglo-Russian Convention, 1825. — Ankarström’s Conspiracy. — Annates. — Annunziata. — Annus Mirabilis. — Anti-Corn Law League. — Anti-federalists. — Antigone, The Modern. — Anti-Parnellites. — Anti-Remonstrants. — Anti-Semitism. — Anti-Slavery Society. — Anziani. — Apologie of William of Orange. — Appanages (France). — Appanages (Russia). — Apparel, Statutes of. — Appeals, Act of. — Apprentices, Statute of. — Apprenticeship (Transvaal). — Arabi’s Rebellion. — Aragon, Privilege of. — Arbitration Court. — Arbitrations. — Argonauts of Forty-nine. — Arima, Rebellion of. — Arkansas Civil War. — Armagh, Synod of. — Armagnac War. — Armagnacs. — Armatoli. — Armed Neutrality. — Armenian Massacres. — Arminians. — Army Plot. — Army Purchase. — Arrabiati. — Arras, Congress of. — Arras, Treaty of. — Arrière Fief. — Artels. — Articles. — Articles, Lords of the. — Articles of Henry. — Articles of Prague. — Articuli super Cartas. — Arya Somaj. — Aschaffenburg, Concordat of. — Ashbourne’s Act, Lord. — Ashburton Treaty. — Asiento. — Assassination Plot. — Assassins. — Assertion of the Seven Sacraments. — Assignats. — Assize of Arms. — Assize of Bread. — Assize of Clarendon. — Assize of Northampton. — Assize of Woodstock. — Association, The. — Association, The. — Association Treaty. — Associations Act, Ireland. — Associations Law, 1833. — Associations Law, 1901. — Assurance, The. — Assured Lords. — Assysthement. — Astor Place Riot. — Ataman. — Ateliers Nationaux. — Attainder, Act of. — Attalik Ghazi. — Atterbury’s Plot. — Audiencias. — Augmentations, Court of. — Augsburg, Confession of. — Augsburg, League of. — Augsburg, Peace of. — Aulic Council. — Aurum Reginae. — Ausculta Fili, Bull. — Ausgleich. — Austin Riots. — Austrägal Court. — Australasian League. — Australian Colonies Act. — Australian Commonwealth Act. — Austrian Succession, War of the. — Auto de fe. — Avignon Captivity. — Avignon, Reunion of. — Ayankeeados.
3. 3.B — Babington Plot. — Babylonish Captivity. — Back Lane Parliament. — Baconists. — Badger State. — Badinguet. — Bag and Baggage Policy. — Bagimont’s Roll. — Bailli. — Baiser de Lamourette. — Balafré, Le. — Balkan Agreement. — Ballarat Reform League. — Ballot Act. — Banbury Man. — Banda Oriental. — Bandes d’Ordonnance. — Bank Charter Act, 1833. — Bank Charter Act, 1844. — Bar, Confederation of. — Barbarossa. — Barbons. — Barcelona, Treaty of, 1493. — Barcelona, Treaty of, 1529. — Bardo, Treaty of. — Barebone’s Parliament. — Bari, Council of. — Barmecides. — Barnburners. — Barnburners. — Baroda Commission. — Barons, League of the. — Barons’ War. — Barrackpur Mutiny. — Barricades, Journée des. — Barrier Treaty, First. — Barrier Treaty, Second. — Barwalde, Treaty of. — Bashi-Bazouks. — Basilikon Doron. — Basle, Council of. — Basle Treaties. — Basle, Treaty of. — Bassein, Treaty of. — Bastard of Orleans. — Bastille. — Bates’ Case. — Bath, Order of the. — Bats, Parliament of. — Battles. — Bavarian Succession, War of the. — Bay State. — Bayonne Decree. — Bayou State. — Bear State. — Béarnais, Le. — Beau Sabreur, Le. — Beauclerc. — Bec, Compromise of. — Bedchamber Question. — Bedford Protest. — Beggars, The. — Beggars of the Sea. — Beggars, The Wild. — Behring Sea Fisheries. — Bekcagsog, Convention of. — Bel Anglais, Le. — Belgian Neutrality Treaty. — Belgrade, Treaty of. — Bell the Cat. — Belski. — Belted Will. — Benares, Treaty of. — Benedictines. — Benefit of Clergy. — Benevolences. — Bengal Land Law. — Bengal Mutiny. — Bergara, Convention of. — Berlin Congress. — Berlin Decree. — Berserker. — Berwick, Treaty of. — Bessborough Commission. — Betterment. — Betting Act. — Bezaaygeld. — Bianchi. — Bianchi and Neri. — Biatagh. — Bien Aimé, Le. — Bien Public, Guerre du. — Big Beggarman. — Bill of Right. — Bills of Exchange Act. — Bimetallists. — Birkenhead, Wreck of the. — Birmingham Riots. — Biron’s Plot. — Bishop Usher’s Model. — Bishops in Partibus Infidelium. — Bismarck of Asia. — Black Act. — Black Agnes. — Black Assize. — Black Bands. — Black Bartholomew. — Black Book. — Black Box. — Black Brunswickers. — Black Circuit. — Black Clergy. — Black Death. — Black Eagle, Order of the. — Black Flags. — Black Friday. — Black Hole of Calcutta. — Black Monday. — Black Popes. — Black Prince. — Black Rent. — Black Sea Treaty. — Black Thursday. — Black Watch. — Black Wednesday. — Blackbirders. — Blackburn Riots. — Blanche Nef. — Blancs d’Espagne. — Bland Act. — Blanketeers. — Blanquillos. — Bloc, Le. — Bloemfontein Conference. — Bloemfontein Convention. — Blood and Iron, The Man of. — Blood Bath of Stockholm. — Blood Council. — Blood, Man of. — Blood Tax. — Blood-red Wedding. — Blood-wite. — Bloods, The Five. — Bloody Assize of Eperies. — Bloody Assizes. — Bloody Statute. — Blue-Grass State. — Blue Laws of Connecticut. — Bluff King Hal. — Board of Control. — Bobbing John. — Bocca di Leone. — Bocland. — Body of Liberties. — Bomba. — Bombay, Cession of. — Bonaght. — Bond. — Bond-Blaine Convention. — Bondevenner. — Bondi. — Book of Rates. — Book of Sports. — Booth’s Conspiracy. — Border Laws. — Border States. — Borough English, Custom of. — Boston Massacre. — Boston Port Act. — Boston Tea Riots. — Botany Bay. — Boulangists. — Bounty, Mutiny of the. — Boustrapa. — Bow Street Runners. — Boxers. — Boy Popes. — Boyars. — Boycotting. — Boys. — Braemar Gathering. — Brahmins. — Brahmo Somaj. — Brandy Nan. — Bras de Fer. — Bras Droit du Cardinal. — Brass Band, The Pope’s. — Brave des Braves, Le Plus. — Bread and Cheese War. — Bread Riots. — Breda, Compromise of. — Breda, Declaration of. — Breda, Peace of. — Brehon Law. — Breslau, Treaty of. — Brétigny, Peace of. — Breton Club. — Bretts and Scots, Laws of the. — Bretwalda. — Brewer of Ghent. — Bridal of Norwich. — Bride of the Sea. — Brig-bot. — Brigham, Treaty of. — Bright Clauses. — Brilliant Madman. — Brissotins. — Bristol Riots. — British Empire League. — Broad-bottomed Administration. — Brömsebro, Treaty of. — Brother Jonathan. — Brothers, Battle of the. — Brownists. — Brunnen, League of. — Brussels Conference, 1874. — Brussels Conference, 1876. — Brussels Convention. — Brussels, Union of. — Buccaneers. — Bucharest, Treaty of. — Buckeye State. — Budchaz, Treaty of. — Bulgarian Atrocities. — Bulls, Papal. — Bundesrath. — Bundschuh. — Burgage. — Burgfrieden. — Burgher Senate. — Burgos, Laws of. — Burgundians. — Burlaw. — Burning of Frendraught. — Burnt Candlemas. — Burr’s Conspiracy. — Burschenschaft. — Butcher, The. — Bye Plot. — Bywoners.
4. 4.C — Ça Ira. — Caaba. — Cabal. — Cabal, American. — Cabanagem. — Cabinet Noir. — Cabochiens. — Cacos. — Cadan, Treaty of. — Caen, Treaty of. — Cahiers de Doléances. — Caisse de Poissy. — Calatrava, Knights of. — Calendar Act. — Calixtines. — Calvin, Institutes of. — Camarilla. — Cambray, League of. — Cambray, Treaty of. — Camel-driver of Mecca. — Cameronians. — Camissards. — Camorra. — Campo Formio, Treaty of. — Canada Act. — Canada, Confederation of. — Canadian Fisheries Question. — Canons of 1604. — Canons of 1640. — Canossa. — Canossa Bill. — Capitularies. — Capitulations. — Caporal Violet. — Cappel, Treaty of. — Carbonari. — Carlisle, Statute of. — Carlists. — Carlowitz, Treaty of. — Carlsbad, Congress of. — Carlsbad Decrees. — Carmagnole. — Carmelites. — Carolina, Proprietaries of. — Caroline Islands Arbitration. — Caroline Ordinance. — Carpet-baggers. — Cartel System. — Cartellpartie. — Carthage of the North. — Carthusians. — Carucage. — Cas Royaux. — Casenbrotspel. — Casket Letters. — Cassini Convention. — Castle Council. — Catamaran Expedition. — Câteau Cambrésis, Treaty of. — Catégories de La Bourdonnaye. — Catherine, Conspiracy of. — Catholic Association. — Catholic Emancipation Act. — Catholic League (France). — Catholic League (Germany.) — Catholic Relief Act. — Catholic Rent. — Cato Street Conspiracy. — Caucus. — Cautionary Towns. — Cavalier Parliament. — Cavaliers. — Cave. — Cawnpore, Massacre of. — Cecil’s Fast. — Cent Jours. — Centralists. — Centralists. — Centennial State. — Centro-Americana, Confederacion. — Centrumsfraction. — Centum Gravamina. — Ceorl. — Chambre Ardente. — Chambre Introuvable. — Champ de Mars. — Chaperons Blancs. — Chapter of Mitton. — Charte La. — Charter of 1826. — Charters. — Chartism. — Chartres, Treaty of. — Chastisement of Novgorod. — Châteaubriand, Edict of. — Châtillon, Congress of. — Chauffeurs. — Chaumont, Treaty of. — Chauvinism. — Chefoo Convention. — Chester, County Palatine of. — Chevalier Sans Peur et sans Reproche. — Chevaliers du Poignard. — Chiltern Hundreds. — Chimney Money. — Chinandega, Pacto de. — Chinese Gordon. — Chônin. — Chouans. — Chouiski. — Christ, Order of. — Christian Alliance. — Christinos. — Chupatties. — Cicero, The British. — Cid, The. — Ci-devants. — Cincinnatus, The American. — Cinq-Mars, Conspiracy of. — Cinque Cento. — Cinque Ports. — Cintra, Convention of. — Circe of the Revolution. — Circumspecte Agatis, Statute. — Cisalpine Republic. — Cispadane Republic. — Civil Marriage Bill. — Civil Rights Act. — Claim of Right. — Claimant, The. — Clair-on-Epte, Treaty of. — Clan Act. — Clan Chattan and Clan Quhele. — Clan-na-Gael. — Clarendon Code. — Clarendon, Council of. — Classes, Act of. — Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. — Clean the Causeway. — Cleargrits. — Clemency Canning. — Clementine League. — Clergy of France, Declaration of the. — Clericis Laicos, Bull of. — Clermont, Council of. — Clicquot, King. — Clontarf Meeting. — Clouds, Battle above the. — Closter Seven, Convention of. — Club, The. — Club Parliament. — Clubmen. — Coalition Ministry. — Cockburn’s Act. — Cockerton Judgment. — Cockpit of Europe. — Code Napoleon. — Codes. — Codini. — Coercion Act. — Cœur de Lion. — Cognac, League of. — Collectivism. — College of Justice. — Colonial Conference. — Colonies, Council for the. — Coloquy of Poissy. — Colorados. — Coloured League. — Comité de Salut Public. — Comitia Paludata. — Commando. — Commendation. — Commercial Treaty of 1786. — Commission of Government. — Commission of Grace. — Commissions of Array. — Committee of Religion. — Commune, Paris. — Communeros, Revolt of the. — Compactata of Prague. — Compagnies d’Ordonnance. — Complaints of the Commons of Kent. — Composition of Connaught. — Compound Householder. — Compounders. — Compromise, The. — Compromise Act. — Compte Rendu. — Compurgation. — Concentration Camps. — Conclave. — Conclusions. — Concordat. — Concordat of 1516. — Concordat of 1855. — Concordats. — Condottieri. — Confederate Catholics. — Confederate States. — Confederation of 1573. — Confederation, Treaty of. — Confines, Audiencia de los. — Confirmatio Cartarum. — Conflans, Treaty of. — Congé d’Elire. — Congo Conference. — Congregation, Lords of the. — Congress. — Congresses. — Conservative. — Consistoriali. — Consistorium. — Consistory. — Consolato del Mare. — Conspiracies, Plots, etc. — Constance, Council of. — Constance, Peace of. — Constantinople, Conference of. — Constantinople, Council of. — Constantinople, Fourth Council of. — Constitution of 1812. — Constitutions. — Constitutions of Clarendon. — Consulta. — Continental Blockade. — Contra-Remonstrants. — Contracting Out. — Conventicle Act. — Conventicles. — Convention Parliament. — Conventions Bill. — Convicts Prevention Act. — Conway’s Cabal. — Co-operation. — Copperheads. — Coppernose. — Copyhold. — Cordeliers. — Corn Law of 1804. — Corn Law of 1815. — Corn Law of 1824. — Corn Laws, Repeal of the. — Cornwall, Duchy of. — Coronation Stone. — Corporal John. — Corporation Act. — Corsican Ogre. — Cortes. — Corti Compromise. — Corvée. — Cossacks. — Cottereaux. — Cotton Famine. — Council of State. — Councils. — Councils, Church. — Country Party. — County Palatine. — Coup d’Etat. — Cour d’Héritage. — Cours Plénières. — Court Baron. — Court Customary. — Court Leet. — Courte Paix. — Courts. — Coventry Act. — Cowboys. — Cowper-Temple Clause. — Coyne and Livery. — Cradle of Liberty. — Craigmillar, Bond of. — Crapaud, Jean. — Creole State. — Creoles. — Cretan Convention. — Crimes Act, 1882. — Crimes Act, 1887. — Croppies. — Crown, Treaty of the. — Crusade of Children. — Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, Bull. — Cumbernauld, Bond of. — Cupar Justice. — Curfew, or Couvrefeu. — Curia Regis. — Curt-Mantle. — Custer Massacre. — Custos Rotulorum. — Cyprus Treaty.
5. 5.D — Dacoity. — Daimios. — Dalai Lama. — Dancing Chancellor. — Dandy King. — Danegelt. — Danelagh. — Danites. — Dannebrog, Order of the. — Danube Navigation Commission. — Dardanelles, Treaty of. — Darien Scheme. — Dauphin. — De Facto King, Statute of. — Death Ride. — Debateable Land. — Decamisados. — December Emeute. — December, Man of. — December Rising. — Decet Romanum Pontificum, Bull. — Decimation. — Declaration of Independence (America). — Declaration of Independence (Brazil). — Declaration of Indulgence, 1673. — Declaration of Indulgence, 1687. — Declaration of Right. — Declaration of Rights. — Decretals, False. — Defender of the Faith. — Defenders. — Defensionale. — Deficit, Madame. — Dekabrists. — Delegations. — Demarcation, Bull of. — Demesne Lands. — Demetrius, The False. — Democrats (U.S.A.). — Deogam, Treaty of. — Deposition, Bull of, 1535. — Deposition, Bull of, 1569. — Derby Dilly. — Despard’s Plot. — Des-ri. — Destiny, Man of. — Devil’s Parliament. — Devil’s Wall. — Devolution, Law of. — Diamond, Battle of. — Diamond Necklace. — Diamond State. — Diamond Trade Act. — Dictator of a Day. — Dingaan’s Day. — Directoire. — Disarming Act. — Disarming the Highlands, Act for. — Disastrous Peace. — Discipline, Books of. — Discoverers. — Disinherited. — Dissolution of Monasteries. — Divine Right. — Dix-huit Brumaire. — Dix-huit Fructidor. — Dixie’s Land. — Doctrinaires. — Domesday Book. — Dominicans. — Dominus ac Redemptor noster, Bull. — Don Pacifico. — Donation of Charles. — Donation of Constantine. — Donation of Pepin. — Donauwörth, Troubles of. — Dongan Charter. — Donis Conditionalibus, Statute De. — Doom-Book. — Doppers. — Dorr’s Rebellion. — Dort, Synod of. — Douglas Larder. — Douglas Wars. — Dover, Treaty of. — Dózsa Revolt. — Draft Riots. — Dragonnades. — Dred Scott Case. — Dreikaiserbund. — Dreyfus Case. — Drifts, Closing the. — Drogheda, Statute of. — Drunken Parliament. — Dual Alliance. — Dual Control. — Duclair Incident. — Duel, Trial by. — Dukhobors. — Dulcigno Arrangement. — Dumb Captain. — Dunces, Parliament of. — Dungannon Convention. — Dupes, Journée des. — Durham, County Palatine of. — Dutch East India Company. — Dutch Plot. — Dysiefald.
6. 6.E — Eadgar’s Law. — Eagle of Brittany. — Ealdorman. — Earthquake, Council of the. — East India Company. — Ecclesiastical Reservation. — Ecclesiastical Titles Act. — Economists. — Ecorcheurs. — Edict of Nantes. — Edicts. — Edinburgh, Treaties of. — Edmunds Law. — Education Act, 1870. — Education Act, 1902. — Egalité. — Eight Cantons, League of the. — Eikon Basilike. — El Dorado. — Elephant, Order of the. — Eleven Articles. — Eltchi, The Great. — Emancipation Act. — Emancipation, Edict of. — Emancipation Proclamation. — Embargo Act, First. — Embargo Act, Second. — Embassy, The. — Emigrés. — Eminence Grise, L’. — Emmett’s Rebellion. — Empire State. — Empire State of the South. — Employers’ Liability Bill, 1893. — Employers’ Liability Act, 1897. — Encomiendas. — Encumbered Estates Act. — Encyclopædia. — Enfant de la Fortune. — Enfants de Dieu. — Engagement. — Englishry, Law of. — Enragés, Club des. — Entail. — Eperons d’Or, Journée des. — Episcopal Ordination Act (Scotland). — Equador, Confederação do. — Era of Good Feeling. — Erastians. — Eric. — Erie Ring. — Escheat. — Escuage. — Essex Junto. — Est-it-possible. — Estates of Scotland. — Estatuto Real. — Etablissements de St. Louis. — Etas. — Etcetera Oath. — Ethel. — Etruria, Kingdom of. — Eureka Stockade. — European Association. — Ever Victorious Army. — Evil May-day. — Evora, Convention of. — Excelsior State. — Exchequer. — Exclusion Bill. — Executors. — Exsurge Domine, Bull.
7. 7.F — F. F. V’s. — Fabius, The American. — Factory Acts. — Faggot Votes. — Fair Maid of Kent. — Fair Quakeress. — Fair Rosamond. — Falaise, Treaty of. — Falieri, Conspiracy of Marino. — Falk Laws. — Family Compact. — Family Convention. — Farines, Journée des. — Farmer George. — Farmers’ Alliance. — Farquharsons, Massacre of the. — Farthings, War of. — Fashoda Question. — Father of America. — Father of his Country. — Father of his People. — Featherheads. — Federal Council of the Australian Colonies. — Federal Pact. — Federalistas. — Federalists. — Fédérés. — Fehden. — Fellaheen. — Fenian Association. — Feormfultum. — Ferdinand, Treaty of. — Ferm. — Fermiers Généraux. — Feudal System. — Feuillants. — Fief. — Field Cornet. — Field of Lies. — Field of Mourning. — Field of the Cloth of Gold. — Fieschi Conspiracy. — Fieschi’s Plot. — Fifteen, Council of. — Fifteen, Rebellion of the. — Fifth Monarchy Men. — Fiftieth Ordinance. — Fifty-one, Committee of. — Fighting Prelate. — Financial Relations Committee. — Fines, Statute of. — Fire of London. — Firebrand of France. — Firebrand of the Universe. — Fire-Eaters. — Firman. — First Charter. — First Gentleman of Europe. — Fisheries Treaty, 1888. — Five Articles of Perth. — Five Boroughs. — Five Hundred, Council of. — Five Kings of France. — Five Members. — Five Mile Act. — Five Nations. — Flagellants. — Flammock’s Rebellion. — Fleet Marriages. — Flibustiers. — Flood’s Reform Bill. — Flower of Chivalry. — Flowery Land, Mutiny of the. — Folcland. — Folenbray. — Folkething. — Folkmote. — Fommanah, Treaty of. — Fontainebleau, Decree of. — Fontainebleau, Treaty of, 1807. — Fontainebleau, Treaty of, 1814. — Foraker Act. — Force Act. — Force Bill. — Foreign Enlistment Act. — Forests, Charter of. — Formosan Expedition. — Forty-five, Rebellion of the. — Forty-niners. — Forty-two Articles. — Forwards, Marshal. — Fouage. — Four Burghs, Court of the. — Fourierism. — Fourth Party. — Francfief. — Franchise Act. — Franciscans. — Franco-American Treaty, 1778. — Franco-Annamese Treaty, 1874. — Franco-Siamese Treaty, 1893. — Franco-Siamese Treaty, 1902. — Francs-Archers. — Francs-Tireurs. — Frankfort, Confederacy of. — Frankfort, General Treaty of. — Frankfort, Treaty of. — Frankfurter Attentat. — Frankpledge. — Fraternity, Edict of. — Frédéric, Code. — Frederickshamm, Treaty of. — Free Church of Scotland. — Free Companies. — Free Imperial Cities. — Free Selection. — Freesoilers. — Freestone State. — Free Trade, Apostle of. — Free Trade. — Freischöffe. — Freigraffen. — Freisinnige. — French Fury. — French Shore. — Frèrage. — Friends of Ireland. — Friends of the People. — Frithbohr. — Frith-guilds. — Fronde. — Frostathing’s Law. — Fudai. — Fuero. — Fuero Juzgo. — Fugitive Slave Circular. — Fugitive Slave Law. — Fum the Fourth. — Furies de la Guillotine. — Fürstenbund. — Fusillades.
8. 8.G — G.O.M. — Gabelle. — Gachupin. — Gadesden Purchase. — Gafol-land. — Galleons, The Spanish. — Gallican Confession. — Gallowglasses. — Gamelle. — Gandamak, Treaty of. — Garden of England. — Garden State. — Garibaldini. — Garter, Order of the. — Gastein, Treaty of. — Gauchos. — Gautiers. — Gavelkind. — Gem of Normandy. — Gemot. — General Congress. — Geneva Convention. — Gentoo Laws. — Georges’ Conspiracy. — Geraldines. — German Concordat. — Germanada. — Germanic League. — Germany, Unification of. — Gerrymandering. — Gersamma Reginæ. — Ghazi. — Ghazi. — Ghent, Convention of. — Ghent, Pacification of. — Ghent, Treaty of. — Ghibellines. — Giants, Battle of the. — Gin Act. — Giovane Italia, La. — Gisors, Treaty of. — Gladstone’s Umbrella. — Glamorgan Treaty. — Glasgow Riots. — Glen Grey Act. — Glencoe, Massacre of. — Glippers. — Glorious First of June. — Gold-bugs. — Golden Book. — Golden Bull (Germany). — Golden Bull (Hungary). — Golden Fleece, The. — Golden Horde. — Golden League. — Golden State. — Gomarists. — Good Parliament. — Gordon Riots. — Gôshi. — Gothenburg System. — Gotteshausbund. — Gowrie Conspiracy. — Grace, Act of. — Grace, Act of. — Graces. — Grágás. — Gran Capitan, El. — Gran Reunion Americana. — Granary of Europe. — Grand Alliance, 1701. — Grand Alliance, 1813. — Grand Corruption. — Grand Old Man. — Grand Monarque. — Grand Rebellion of Virginia. — Grand Serjeanty. — Grangers. — Granite State. — Grattan’s Parliament. — Graubund. — Greased Cartridges. — Great Commoner. — Great Contract. — Great Dauphin. — Great Intercourse. — Great Session, Court of. — Great Storm. — Great Triad Society. — Greater Bull. — Green Bag Enquiry. — Green Mountain Boys. — Green Mountain State. — Greenback Party. — Grenville Act. — Gretna Green Marriages. — Grey League. — Griffith’s Valuation. — Grondvet. — Groote Privilegie. — Grosbec. — Grütli, Men of. — Guadeloupe Hidalgo, Treaty of. — Guelf Fund. — Guelfs and Ghibellines. — Guerre Folle. — Gueux, Les. — Gulathing’s Law. — Gulf States. — Gulistan, Treaty of. — Gunpowder Act. — Gunpowder Plot.
9. 9.H — Habeas Corpus Act. — Habitans. — Hadji. — Hæretico Comburendo, Statute de. — Hague Congress. — Haleuca. — Half-breeds. — Half-way Covenant. — Halifax Fishery Commission. — Hammer of England. — Hammer of Scotland. — Hampton Court Conference. — Hampton Roads Conference. — Handsuppers. — Hanging Gale. — Hanover, Treaty of. — Hanseatic League. — Hara-kiri. — Harangue. — Hardshell Democrats. — Hardwicke’s Act, Lord. — Harper’s Ferry. — Hartford Convention. — Hatamotos. — Hats and Caps. — Hatti Humayun. — Hatti Sherif. — Haute Cour. — Hawkeye State. — Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. — Headborough. — Hearth Money. — Heaven-sent Minister. — Heemraden, Court of. — Hegira. — Heidelberg Catechism. — Heilbronn, Union of. — Helvetic Confession. — Helvetic Republic. — Henry, Articles of. — Heptarchy. — Herad. — Herald’s College. — Heresy of the Politicians. — Heretoga. — Heriot. — Heritable Jurisdictions Act. — Hermandad. — Herrings, Battle of the. — Hero of the Nile. — Herschel System. — Hersir. — Hidage. — Hide. — High Commission, Court of. — High Commission, Court of (Ireland). — Highland Garb Act. — Hintchak. — Hinterland Doctrine. — Hlutdaw. — Holkar. — Holy Alliance. — Holy Experiment. — Holy League. — Holy League. — Holy League. — Holy League of Nuremburg. — Holy Office. — Holy Roman Empire. — Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the. — Home Rule Bill, 1886. — Home Rule Bill, 1893. — Home Rulers. — Homestead Act (New Zealand). — Homesteads Act (Western Australia). — Honest Broker. — Honour of the Flag. — Honved. — Hooks. — Hoosier State. — Hospitallers, Knights. — Hospodars. — Hot Gospellers. — Hotspur. — Houghers. — House-carls. — Hovering Act. — Hubertsberg, Treaty of. — Hudson’s Bay Company. — Hué, Treaty of. — Huguenots. — Human Leopards. — Hundred. — Hundred Days. — Hundred Years’ War. — Hungarian Martyrs. — Hungarian War of Independence. — Hunkers. — Hunting of Braemar. — Hussites. — Hyde Park Riots.
10. 10.I — I. D. B. — Iconoclasts. — Iglau, Treaty of. — Ilbert Bill. — Illicit Diamond Buying. — Illuminati. — Immigrants Restriction Bill. — Imparani, Treaty of. — Imperial Chamber. — Imperial Federation Enabling Act. — Importants. — Impositions. — In Cœna Domini, Bull. — In Eminenti, Bull. — Incas. — Incident, The. — Incorruptible, The. — Indemnity and Oblivion, Act of. — Independence. — Independents. — Index Expurgatorius. — India Act, Pitt’s. — Indian National Congress. — Indians, Apostle of the. — Indies, Apostle of the. — Indies, Council of the. — Indulgence. — Indulgence. — Indulgences. — Ineffabilis Deus, Bull. — Inexorable Families. — Infallible. — Infante. — Infernal Legion. — Initiative. — Inquisition. — Instrument of Government. — Insurrection Act. — Insurrection of Women. — Inter Gravissimas, Bull. — Interdict. — Interim of Leipsic. — Interim of Ratisbon. — Intermarriage Act. — International African Association. — International, The. — Intransigentes. — Invincible Armada. — Invincibles. — Ionian Islands, Cession of. — Irish Board of Agriculture. — Irish Charter. — Irish Church Act, Althorp’s. — Irish Church Disestablishment. — Irish Land Act, 1870. — Irish Land Act, 1881. — Irish Land Act, 1885. — Irish Land Act, 1896. — Irish Land Conference. — Irish National League. — Irish Society. — Irish Volunteers, Society of. — Iron Chancellor. — Iron Chest. — Iron Cross. — Iron Crown. — Iron Duke. — Iron Emperor. — Iron Hand, Götz of the. — Iron Mask, The Man with the. — Iron Tooth. — Ironclad Oath. — Ironside. — Ironsides. — Iskander Beg. — Isabella Catolica, Order of. — Island of Saints. — Italia Irredenta. — Italy, Unification of.
11. 11.J — Jacobites. — Jacquerie. — Jaffa Massacre. — Jamaica Bill. — Jameson Raid. — Janissaries. — Jansenists. — January, Edict of. — Jarl. — Jassy, Peace of. — Jay’s Treaty. — Jedburgh Justice. — Jehad. — Jenkin’s Ear. — Jesuits. — Jerrymandering. — Jerviswood Plot. — Jeu de Paume, Séance du. — Jeunesse Dorée. — Jewish Disabilities Acts. — Jews’ Exchequer. — Jingoes. — Jo-I. — Jockey of Norfolk. — John Company. — Joinville, Treaty of. — Joyeuse Entrée. — Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875. — Judenhetze. — July, Government of. — July Laws. — July, Revolution of. — July, Treaty of. — Junkers. — Junius, Letters of. — Junta. — Junta Apostolica. — Junto. — Junto, Presbyterian. — Jurandes. — Jury, Trial by. — Jus Magdeburgicum. — Justice, Charter of. — Justiciary. — Justinian, Code of. — Justiza. — Jutland, Law of.
12. 12.K — Kabbeljaws. — Kaiser Kläs. — Kalf-vel. — Kanaka Labour Traffic. — Kansas-Nebraska Act. — Karl. — Karmathians. — Keate Award. — Kenilworth, Dictum of. — Kelly Gang. — Kentish Petition. — Kentucky Resolutions. — Kenyon-Slaney Clause. — Kerns. — Ket’s Rebellion. — Keys, House of. — Keystone State. — Khalsa. — Khozain. — Kiel, Peace of. — Kilkenny, Convention of. — Kilkenny, Council of. — Kilkenny, Statute of. — Kilkenny, Synod of. — Kilmainham Treaty. — Kimberley Riots. — King of the Commons. — King Philip’s War. — King’s Friends. — King’s Prymer. — Kingmaker, The. — Kinmont Willie. — Kirke’s Lambs. — Kit-Kat Club. — Kitchen Cabinet. — Knighthood, Orders of. — Knight’s Fee. — Knights of Labour. — Knights of the Shire. — Know-Nothings. — Kongelov. — Kossuthists. — Kreuz Partie. — Kshatriya. — Ku Klux Klan. — Kuldja Treaty. — Kulterkampf. — Kurucz. — Kutchuk-Kainardji, Treaty of.
13. 13.L — La Granja, Revolution of. — Labancz. — Labour, American Federation of. — Labourers, Statute of. — Lackland. — Lady of the Mercians. — Lagthing. — Lahore, Treaty of. — Laibach, Congress of. — Laissez Faire. — Lake State. — Lambeth Articles. — Lambeth, Treaty of. — Lancaster, County Palatine of. — Land Act, 1864. — Land Commission. — Land Convention. — Land League. — Landamman. — Landdrost. — Landeyda. — Landfriede. — Land-fyrd. — Landrecht. — Landrica. — Landsgemeinde. — Landstag. — Landsturm. — Landsthing. — Landtmanna Party. — Landwehr. — Langue d’Oc. — Langue d’Oïl. — Last Battle. — Last of the Barons. — Last of the Knights. — Last of the Stuarts. — Last of the Tribunes. — Lanterne, La. — Lateran Council, First. — Lateran Council, Second. — Lateran Council, Fourth. — Lateran Council, Fifth. — Latin Union. — Latitudinarians. — Latter Day Saints. — Lautero, Sociedad de. — Lawburrows, Writ of. — Law of Flanders. — Law’s Bubble. — Lay Impropriator. — League. — League above the Lake. — Leagues, Associations, etc. — Leap in the Dark. — Learned Fool. — Lebanon Massacres. — Legacy of Iyeyasu. — Legations. — Legion Memorial. — Legion of Despair. — Legion of Honour. — Legitimists. — Léman, République du. — Lesser Bull, The. — Lessive du Panama. — Letters of Marque. — Letters of the Sepulchre. — Lettres de Cachet. — Levellers (England). — Levellers (Ireland). — Lewes, Mise of. — Libel Act. — Liberal League. — Liberal Republicans. — Liberal Unionists. — Liberator, The. — Libertador, El. — Libertins (France). — Libertins (Switzerland). — Liberty, Apostle of. — Liberum Veto. — Libro de Tasas. — Licensing Act, 1902. — Ligurian Republic. — Likin. — Limerick, Pacification of. — Lincoln, Fair of. — Lincolnshire Insurrection. — Lion of Sweden. — Lion of the North. — Lion Rouge, Le. — Lion’s Mouth. — Liquidation, Law of. — Lit de Justice. — Literati. — Lithsmen. — Little Gentleman in Velvet. — Little Parliament. — Little Rhody. — Live Oak State. — Liveries, Statute of. — Livonian Knights. — Local Government Act, 1888. — Local Government Act, 1894. — Locofocos. — Lodi, Treaty of. — Lœt. — Lögretta. — Loi Bérenger. — Lollards. — Lombard League, First. — Lombard League, Second. — Lombards. — London Company. — London Convention, 1832. — London Convention, 1862. — London Convention, 1884. — London, Treaty of, 1674. — London, Treaty of, 1827. — London, Treaty of, 1833. — London, Treaty of, 1839. — London, Treaty of, 1841. — London, Treaty of, 1852. — Lone Star State. — Long Diet. — Long Parliament. — Long Parliament of Versailles. — Longjumeau, Paix de. — Longshanks. — Longsword. — Loo, Treaty of. — Loose-Coat Field. — Lorcha “Arrow.” — Lord Paramount. — Lords Appellant. — Los von Rom. — Louis, Code. — Louisiana Purchase. — Louvain, Articles of. — Loyale Epée, La. — Lübeck Law. — Lübeck, Treaty of. — Luddite Riots. — Ludlow’s Code. — Lügenfeld. — Lumber State. — Lunéville, Treaty of. — Luxemburg Treaty. — Lydford Law. — Lynch Law. — Lyons, Council of, 1245. — Lyons, Council of, 1275.
14. 14.M — Maamtrasna Murders. — McKinley Tariff. — McMillanites. — Mad Cavalier. — Mad Parliament. — Madame Véto. — Madman of the North. — Madras Mutiny. — Madras, Peace of. — Madrid Conference. — Madrid, Treaty of. — Maffia. — Magdeburg, Sack of. — Magna Charta. — Magnum Concilium. — Magyars. — Mahdi. — Maid of Norway. — Maid of Orleans. — Maid of Saragossa. — Maiden King. — Maiden Queen. — Maillotins, Insurrection of the. — Main Plot. — Maine Liquor Law. — Maintainers. — Maire du Palais. — Maison du Roi. — Majestäts Brief. — Major-Generals, Cromwell’s. — Majuba Hill. — Malcontents. — Malet’s Plot. — Maletolte. — Malignants. — Malisset, Société. — Malta, Knights of. — Malus Intercursus. — Mamelucos. — Mamelukes. — Mamelukes. — Manchester Martyrs. — Manchester Massacre. — Manchester School. — Mandamus Councillors. — Mandarins. — Mandeshwar, Treaty of. — Mangalore, Treaty of. — Manoa. — Manor Court. — Mantua, Treaty of. — Marathon Murders. — Mark System. — Marlborough, Statute of. — Maroons. — Marranos. — Marriage Act. — Married Women’s Property Act. — Martian Law. — Martin Mar-Prelate. — Maryland, Charter of. — Masaniello, Revolt of. — Mason and Dixon’s Line. — Mason and Slidell. — Massacres. — Match Tax. — Mau-brulez, Journée des. — May, Constitution of. — Mayflower. — Maximum. — Maynooth Grant. — Maynooth, Pardon of. — Meal Tub Plot. — Measures, Assize of. — Mediation, Constitution of. — Mediatized Princes. — Meersen, Treaty of. — Mellanriks Law. — Melun, Treaty of. — Mercatoribus, Statute de. — Merchandise Marks Act. — Merchant Adventurers. — Merchant Shipping Act. — Merchants, Charter of the. — Merciless Parliament. — Merry Monarch. — Mestizos. — Métayage. — Methuen Treaty. — Middle Kingdom. — Mignon. — Mikado. — Milan Decree. — Mile Act. — Military Septennate. — Millenary Petition. — Million Act. — Ministère de Trois Jours. — Ministry of All the Talents. — Mints, Indian. — Minute Men. — Mir. — Mirabeau of the Mob. — Miracle of Nature. — Mise of Amiens. — Mise of Lewes. — Mississippi Scheme. — Missouri Compromise. — Mitad. — Mitchelstown Riot. — Mixed Pickles. — Model, The. — Modern Gracchus. — Modern Messalina. — Moldavian Capitulation. — Molinists. — Mollahs. — Molly Maguires. — Molly Maguires. — Molokáni. — Monastic Orders. — Monçon, Treaty of. — Monetary Conference, International. — Monroe Doctrine. — Monsieur Véto. — Montesa, Knights of. — Montpelier, Treaty of. — Montrouge Club. — Montsioa War. — Montt-Varistas. — Moonlighters. — Moors, Expulsion of. — Morant Bay Riots. — Moravians. — Morey Letter. — Mormons. — Mortmain, Statute of. — Morton’s Fork. — Mossbacks. — Most Holy Synod. — Mother Ann. — Mother of Presidents. — Mother of States. — Moujik. — Moulins, Edict of. — Mountain. — Mountain Meadow Massacre. — Mountain Men. — Mugwumps. — Mulmutine Laws. — Mundebunde or Mundium. — Municipal Reform Act. — Mustafiz. — Mutiny Act. — Mutualists.
15. 15.N — Nag’s Head Controversy. — Nanking, Treaty of. — Napoleon of Peace. — Natal, Republic of. — Nation of Shopkeepers. — National Association for King William. — National Debt. — National Guard. — National Guards. — National Scouts. — Nationalverein. — Nations, Battle of the. — Naturalia. — Naturalization Act. — Naundorff Claimant. — Navigation Act. — Neck Verse. — Negus. — Nemours, Edict of. — Nepaul Treaty. — Neri. — Nertchinsk, Treaty of. — Nestor of Europe. — Neuf Thermidor. — New Custom. — New Departure. — New England Confederation. — New Learning. — New Model. — New Republic. — New Roof. — New Style. — New Tipperary. — New Unionism. — New Zealand Centralization. — Newcastle Programme. — Newfoundland Fisheries. — Newport, Treaty of. — Nicæa, Second Council of. — Nichan-Sherif. — Nightmare of Europe. — Nihilists. — Nimeguen, Treaty of. — Nîmes, Edict of. — Nine Articles, Constitution of. — Ninety-eight. — Nine Worthies. — Nizam. — No Popery Agitation. — Nobles’ War. — Noces Vermeilles. — Noche Triste. — Noir, Code. — Nomansland. — Nomansland. — Nominees, Assembly of. — Non-Compounders. — Non-Jurors. — Non-Resistance. — Nore, Mutiny at the. — Norman Reconciliation. — North, Council of the. — North, Society of the. — North German Confederation. — Northampton, Treaty of. — Nottingham, Peace of. — Noyades. — Nuevas Ordenanzas. — Nullifiers. — Number Forty-five. — Nun of Kent. — Nutmeg State. — Nystad, Treaty of.
16. 16.O — O.P. Riots. — Oakboys. — Oath of Allegiance. — Oath of Strasburg. — Oberstuhlherr. — Oblivion and Indemnity, Act of. — Occasional Conformity Bill. — O’Connell’s Tail. — October Club. — Odal. — Odalsthing. — Œcumenical Councils. — Œil de Bœuf. — Ohio Company. — Old Abe. — Old Catholics. — Old Czechs. — Old Dominion. — Old Glorious. — Old Hickory. — Old Hunkers. — Old Line State. — Old Man of the Mountain. — Old Morality. — Old Noll. — Old Pretender. — Old Rough and Ready. — Old Rowley. — Old Style. — Oleron, Laws of. — Olive Branch Petition. — Olmütz, Convention of. — Olney Doctrine. — Omladina. — Open Door. — Opium Commission. — Opium War. — Opportunists. — Orange Peel. — Orangemen. — Ordainers, Lords. — Ordeal, Trial by. — Orders in Council, 1807. — Ordinance of 1784. — Ordinance of 1787. — Ordinances. — Ordonnance de Mai. — Ordonnances de Juillet. — Oregon Treaty. — Organic Statute. — Organizer of Victory. — Oriflamme. — Orleanists. — Orléans, Edict of. — Ormée. — Orphan of the Temple. — Orsini Bombs. — Ostend Manifesto. — Otokodaté. — Ottawa Conference. — Oude Proclamation. — Our Lady of Mercy, Order of. — Outlawry. — Overton’s Plot. — Oxford Movement. — Oxford’s Assault. — Oyer and Terminer.
17. 17.P — Pacific, War of the. — Pacta Conventa. — Pacte de Famine. — Pahlen’s Conspiracy. — Paix de Monsieur. — Paix des Dames. — Paix Fourrée. — Paladins. — Palatinate Catechism. — Palatines. — Pale, The. — Palisades, Burgesses of the. — Pallium. — Palmetto State. — Pam. — Pan-American Congress. — Pan-Germanism. — Pan-Islamism. — Pan-Slavism. — Panama Canal Treaty. — Panama Scandal. — Panamino. — Pandours. — Panthay Rebellion. — Papal Infallibility. — Paper King. — Parc aux Cerfs. — Paris Fund. — Paris Matins. — Paris, Treaty of, 1763. — Paris, Treaty of, 1814. — Paris, Treaty of, 1815. — Paris, Treaty of, 1856. — Paris, Treaty of, 1857. — Parish School Act. — Parlement. — Parliament of 1265. — Parliaments. — Parliaments, Foreign. — Parnell Commission. — Parnellites. — Parsees. — Parsons’ Emperor. — Parthenopæan Republic. — Partition Treaty, First. — Partition Treaty, Second. — Pasquinades. — Passarowitz, Treaty of. — Passau, Treaty of. — Passive Obedience. — Pastoureaux. — Patrimonia Sancti Petri. — Patriots. — Patrons of Husbandry. — Pavia, Edict of. — Pazzi, Conspiracy of the. — Peace of 1782. — Peace Preservation Act. — Peace Society. — Peasant War. — Pecquigny, Treaty of. — Pecsovics. — Peelites. — Peep-o’-Day Boys. — Peers, Trial of. — Pelagic Sealing. — Pelican State. — Pelucones. — Peking, Treaty of. — Pembroke, Settlement of. — Penal Laws. — Pendleton Bill. — Peninsular State. — Penny Post. — Pensioned Parliament. — Pentecôte Vivante. — People’s Charter. — People’s Party. — Perdita. — Père des Lettres. — Permanent Settlement. — Péronne, Treaty of. — Perpetual Edict. — Perpetual League. — Perpetual Peace. — Perpetual Peace. — Perth, Convocation of. — Peshwa. — Peterloo. — Peter’s Pence. — Petit Caporal. — Petition and Advice. — Petition of Grievances. — Petition of Right. — Petitioners. — Pétroleuses. — Pfaffenbrief. — Pfaffen-Kaiser. — Pfahl-bürger. — Philike Hetairia. — Phœnix Park Murders. — Piagnoni. — Pichegru’s Conspiracy. — Piés Poudrées, Court of. — Pilgrim Fathers. — Pilgrimage of Grace. — Pilnitz, Treaty of. — Pilsen, League of. — Pindaris. — Pine Tree State. — Pisa, Council of. — Pitaux, Insurrection of the. — Pitt’s India Bill. — Place Bill. — Plague of London. — Plain. — Plan of Campaign. — Platine States. — Plébiscite. — Plimsoll’s Act. — Plon-Plon. — Pochi Danari. — Podestà. — Poire, La. — Poland, First Partition of. — Poland, Second Partition of. — Poland, Third Partition of. — Policy, Council of. — Polish Note. — Polish Succession, War of the. — Political Assessments Act. — Politiques. — Poll Tax. — Pontage. — Poonah, Treaty of. — Poor Law Acts. — Pope, Election of. — Pope of Geneva. — Popish Plot. — Popular Sovereignty. — Populists. — Porcari, Conspiracy of. — Port Philip Association. — Porteous Riots. — Portroyal. — Portugal, Independence of. — Portuguese Mars. — Postal Convention, International. — Post-nati. — Potato Famine. — Potchefstroom, Volksraad of. — Poyning’s Act. — Praemunire, Statute of. — Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. — Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI. — Pragmatic Sanction of Frankfort. — Pragmatic Sanction of Louis IX. — Pragmatic Sanction of Mentz. — Pragmatic Sanction of 1759. — Pragmatic Sanction of 1830. — Prague, Congress of. — Prague, Peace of. — Prague, Treaty of. — Praguerie. — Prairie State. — Precariae. — Predial Servitude. — Preobajensky. — Presburg, Confederation of. — Presburg, Treaty of. — Pretoria Convention. — Pretoria, Treaty of. — Pride’s Purge. — Priests’ Charter. — Prince Florizel. — Prince of Alchemy. — Princes Expulsion Bill. — Princess Party. — Principe de la Paz. — Prisoner of Chillon. — Prisoner of the Vatican. — Privas, Massacre of. — Privilege of the Clan Macduff. — Professio Fidei. — Promissory Oaths Act. — Pronunciamiento. — Propaganda, College of the. — Protestant Duke. — Protestant Hero. — Protestant League. — Protestant Union. — Provisions of Oxford. — Provisors, Statute of. — Prudhommes. — Pruth, Peace of the. — Pucelle, La. — Punishment Act. — Punjaub, Annexation of. — Purandhar, Treaty of. — Purveyance. — Puseyites. — Pyrenees, Treaty of the.
18. 18.Q — Quadrilateral. — Quadrilateral, Bulgarian. — Quadrilateral Treaty. — Quadruple Alliance, 1718. — Quadruple Alliance, 1834. — Quakers. — Quarantaine le Roy. — Quarterage. — Quebec Act. — Queen Anne’s Bounty. — Queen Dick. — Queen of the Adriatic. — Queen of the Antilles. — Queen of Tears. — Queen Sarah. — Queen’s Gold. — Queensberry Plot. — Queensland, Separation of. — Quia Emptores, Statute of. — Quietists. — Quixote of the North. — Quo Warranto.
19. 19.R — Rabbling the Curates. — Radicals. — Ragman Rolls. — Raid of the Redswear. — Rail Splitter. — Raipur Ghât, Treaty of. — Rákóczy’s Rebellion. — Ralliés. — Rapparees. — Rappenkrieg. — Raskol. — Ratipole. — Re Galantuomo. — Reason, Council of. — Rebellions, Mutinies, etc. — Rebecca Riots. — Recess of Colding. — Reconcentrados. — Reconciliation, Act of. — Recruiters. — Recusant Act. — Red Comyn. — Red Cross Knights. — Red Cross League. — Red Cross Society. — Red Prince. — Red River Rebellion. — Redif. — Redistribution Bill. — Reeve. — Referendum. — Reform Bill. — Reform Bill of 1867. — Reform Committee. — Reforma, Guerra de la. — Reformation, Edict of. — Reformed Parliament. — Reformverein. — Régale. — Regiam Majestatem. — Regicides. — Regimen Militantis, Bull. — Registration Act. — Regium Donum. — Regulating Act (America). — Regulating Act (India). — Regulators. — Reichenbach, Treaty of. — Reichskammergericht. — Reichsrath. — Reichstag. — Reine Blanche. — Reinsurance Treaty. — Relief. — Religiosis, Statute de. — Religious Peace. — Religious Peace of Augsburg. — Religious Peace of Nuremburg. — Remonstrance, Great. — Remonstrance, Petition of. — Remonstrants (Netherlands). — Remonstrants (Scotland). — Renaissance. — Rense, Union of. — Repartimiento. — Repealers. — Reptile Fund. — Reptile Press. — Republicans (U.S.A.). — Requests, Court of. — Rescissory Act. — Resolutioners. — Restitution, Edict of. — Resumption Act. — Reunion, Edict of. — Revolution of July, 1830. — Revolution of July, 1848. — Rhenish League. — Rhine, Confederation of the. — Rhodes, Knights of. — Rhudlann, Statute of. — Ribbonism. — Riding of Parliament. — Ridolfi Plot. — Riel’s Rebellion. — Right, Captain. — Right of Search. — Rights of Man, Declaration of the. — Rigsdag. — Riot Act (England). — Riot Act (Ireland). — Riots. — Robert the Devil. — Roberts’ March. — Robin Redbreasts. — Robot. — Rock, Captain. — Roeskild, Treaty of. — Rogue Money. — Rohosz. — Roi Citoyen. — Roi des Barricades. — Roi du Roi. — Roi Panade. — Roi Soleil. — Rois Fainéans. — Roman Triumvirate, 1848. — Roman Triumvirate, 1849. — Roman-Dutch Law. — Rome, League of. — Rome, Synod of. — Rome-Scot. — Romorantin, Edict of. — Roncaglia, Diet of. — Rônin. — Roof of the World. — Root and Branch Bill. — Roturiers. — Round Robin. — Round Table Conference. — Roundheads. — Rout of Moy. — Royal Marriage Act. — Royal Martyr. — Royal Titles Act. — Rüchversicherung. — Rump. — Run-about Raid. — Rupert of Debate. — Russian Note of 1870. — Russo-Japanese Convention. — Ruthven, Raid of. — Ruytergeld. — Rye House Plot. — Ryotwari. — Ryswick, Treaty of.
20. 20.S — Sac and Soc. — Safety, Committee of. — Sagas. — St. Andrew, Order of. — St. Bartholomew. — St. Brice, Massacre of. — St. Esprit, Order of the. — St. George, Company of. — St. Germains, Treaty of. — St. Hubert, Order of. — St. Lazare, Knights of. — St. Patrick, Order of. — St. Petersburg, Treaty of. — St. Simonism. — Saisons, Société des. — Saladin Tax. — Salamanca, Council of. — Salbai, Treaty of. — Salchichon (The Sausage). — Salford Court of Record. — Salic Law. — Sallee Rovers. — Samoan Conference. — Samoan Treaty. — Samurai. — San Ildefonso, Treaty of. — San Juan Arbitration. — San Stefano, Treaty of. — Sanctuary. — Sand River Convention. — Sandomierz, Confederation of. — Sanfedisti. — Sanquhar Declaration. — Sans Gêne, Madame. — Sans Souci, the Philosopher of. — Sansculottes. — Santa Hermandad. — Santa Junta. — Santiago de Compostella, Order of. — Santiago, Treaty of. — Sardinia, Kingdom of. — Sardinian Convention. — Sarnen, League of. — Satisfaction. — Satsuma Rebellion. — Savary, Code. — Saviour of the Nations. — Savoy Conference. — Savoy Confession. — Saxonicum Litus. — Scabini. — Scalds. — Scandalum Magnatum. — Schism. — Schism Act. — Schism, Great. — Schleswig-Holstein Question. — Schmalkald, Articles of. — Schmalkald, League of. — Schomburgk Line. — Schönbrunn, Proclamation of. — Schönbrunn, Treaty of. — Scots Plot. — Scottish Solomon. — Scrutin d’Arrondissement. — Scrutin de Liste. — Scullabogue, Massacre of. — Scutage. — Sea-dogs. — Sealed Knot. — Secession, Ordinance of. — Second Charlemagne. — Second Washington. — Secret Treaty. — Sections, Journée des. — Sects. — Secularization. — Securities Bill. — Security, Act of. — Sédan, Man of. — Self-denying Ordinance. — Selski Starosta. — Semiramis of the North. — Sempach, Convention of. — Senussi. — September Convention. — September Laws. — September Massacres. — Septembrists. — Septennial Act. — Serfs, Russian. — Seringapatam, Treaty of. — Serrar del Consiglio. — Servian Capitulation. — Settled Lands Act. — Settlement, Act of, 1652. — Settlement, Act of, 1661. — Settlement, Act of, 1700. — Settlement, Law of. — Settlement of India Act. — Seven Bishops, Petition of the. — Seven Cantons, League of the. — Seven Days Battle. — Seven Days King. — Seven Earls. — Seven Pillars. — Seven Points. — Seven Weeks War. — Seven Years War. — Seville, Treaty of. — Shakers. — Shays’ Rebellion. — Sheriff’s Tourn. — Sherman’s March. — She-wolf of France. — Sheyk-ul-Islam. — Shiah. — Shimonoseki, Treaty of. — Shinto. — Ship-money. — Shôgun. — Short Parliament. — Short-lived Administration. — Sicilian Vespers. — Sick Man of the East. — Siebenkonkordat. — Siete Partidas. — Sieve Oultagh. — Silent, The. — Silk Riots. — Silly Billy. — Silver Coinage Act. — Sikhs. — Sikkim Treaty. — Simla Manifesto. — Simple Repeal. — Sindhia. — Sinope, Massacre of. — Sirji Arjengam, Treaty of. — Sistova, Treaty of. — Sitvatorok, Treaty of. — Six Acts. — Six Articles, Act of the. — Six Circles. — Six Cities, League of the. — Six Edicts. — Six Nations. — Sixpenny War. — Sixteen. — Sixteen, Council of. — Skanderbeg. — Skinners. — Skirmishing Fund. — Skoptsi. — Skuptschina. — Slachter’s Nek, Insurrection of. — Slave Kings. — Slave Trade. — Slavery. — Slavophils. — Sliding Scale. — Smithfield, Treaty of. — Snow King. — Snow Queen. — Sobranje. — Societies, Secret. — Socinians. — Soft-shell Democrats. — Soissons, Constitution of. — Sokmen. — Soldiers’ Battle. — Solemn League and Covenant. — Solid South. — Solidité. — Solomon of France. — Son of the Last Man. — Sonderbund. — Sons of Liberty. — Sonthal Revolt. — Sound Dues. — South Sea Bubble. — Southampton, Treaty of. — Spanish Fury. — Spanish Main. — Spanish Marriages. — Spanish Succession, War of the. — Specie Circular. — Speenhamland Act. — Spires, Diet of. — Spurs, Battle of the. — Squadrone Volante. — Squatter Sovereignty. — Stabbing, Statute of. — Stalwarts. — Stamford, Statute of. — Stamp Act. — Standard, Battle of the. — Stannaries. — Staple. — Staples, Statute of. — Star Chamber, Court of. — Star of the North. — Stars and Stripes. — Start, The. — States-General (France). — States-General (Netherlands). — States’ Rights. — Status quo ante. — Statutes. — Steelboys. — Steelyard, Merchants of the. — Stellaland. — Stockenström Treaties. — Stockholm, Treaty of, 1719. — Stockholm, Treaty of, 1812. — Stockholm, Treaty of, 1855. — Stolbova, Treaty of. — Stonewall Jackson. — Storthing. — Stranniki. — Strasburg, Oath of. — Strelitzi. — Strelitzi, Conspiracy of the. — Strongbow. — Stundists. — Sturm und Drang Zeit. — Suabian League. — Subinfeudation. — Submission of the Clergy, Statute of. — Subsidiary System. — Subsidy. — Succession, Act of, 1534. — Succession Act, 1701. — Sucker State. — Sudras. — Suez Canal Treaty. — Sunni. — Supplicants. — Supplication of William of Orange. — Suppression of Papacy, Act for the. — Supremacy, Act of. — Surat, Treaty of. — Suspects, Loi des. — Suttee. — Swainmote. — Swaziland Convention, 1890. — Swaziland Convention, 1893. — Swaziland Convention, 1895. — Swing, Captain. — Sword in Hand Address. — Szatmar, Peace of. — Szegedin, Peace of. — Szell Formula.
21. 21.T — Taal. — Tables, The. — Taborites. — Tackers. — Taeping Rebellion. — Tafna, Treaty of. — Tahiti Question. — Taille. — Taille. — Tallage. — Tallagio non Concedendo, Statute de. — Talukdar. — Tammany Ring. — Tamworth Manifesto. — Tanistry. — Targowitz, Confederation of. — Tartar Invasion. — Tattooed Man. — Tchinovniks. — Tea-Party. — Tea-room Party. — Temperance, Apostle of. — Templars, Knights. — Ten Articles. — Ten, Council of. — Ten Jurisdictions, League of the. — Ten Minutes Bill. — Tenmannetale. — Tenth of August, Massacre of the. — Tenure of Office Act. — Teplitz, Treaty of. — Terreur Blanche. — Terror, Reign of. — Terrorists. — Terry Alts. — Teschen, Peace of. — Teshu Lama. — Test Act. — Tetrapolitan Confession. — Teutonic Knights. — Thaba Bosigo, Treaty of. — Theatins. — Thegns. — Thelusson’s Act. — Theological Controversy. — Theows. — Thermidoriens. — Thing. — Thingamen. — Third Section. — Thirteen Cantons, Confederation of. — Thirteen States. — Thirty, Battle of the. — Thirty Years War. — Thirty-nine Articles. — Thirty-six, Council of. — Thirty-three Articles. — Thistle, Order of the. — Thorn, Conference of. — Thorough. — Thralls. — “Three Acres and a Cow.” — Three Emperors, Battle of the. — Three F’s. — Three Kings, Alliance of the. — Thresher, Captain. — Throgmorton’s Conspiracy. — Thugs. — Thunderbolt of Italy. — Thurn and Taxis. — Tiberine Republic. — Tichborne Case. — Tientsin, Treaty of, 1858. — Tientsin, Treaty of, 1885. — Tiepoli, Conspiracy of. — Tiers Etat. — Tiers Parti. — Tilsit, Treaty of. — Tio Porsupuesto, El. — Tithe Commutation Act. — Tithe Commutation Act (Ireland). — Tithe Riots. — Togakuto. — Toisée. — Tököli’s Rebellion. — Toledo, Treaty of. — Tolentino, Treaty of. — Toleration Acts. — Tonkinois, Le. — Tonnage and Poundage. — Toom Tabard. — Tordesillas, Treaty of. — Torgau, League of. — Torres Vedras, Lines of. — Tory. — Tory Democracy. — Toshachs. — Tourkmantchai, Treaty of. — Tours, Edict of. — Tractarian Movement. — Trade Unions. — Trafalgar Square Riots. — Trails-bâtons. — Train-bands. — Transplantation, Irish. — Transvaal National Union. — Treason, Statute of. — Treaties, Conventions, Alliances, etc. — Treaty Ports. — Treinta y Tres. — Trek, Great. — Trek, Second. — Trent, Council of. — Trent Incident. — Treuga Dei. — Tribunal Révolutionnaire. — Tribune of the People. — Tricoteuses de Robespierre. — Triennial Act. — Triers. — Trim, Remonstrance of. — Trinoda Necessitas. — Tripartite Treaty, 1800. — Tripartite Treaty, 1856. — Triple Alliance, 1668. — Triple Alliance, 1717. — Triple Alliance, 1883. — Triple Alliance (India). — Triple Alliance, War of the. — Tri-regal Alliance. — Trismegistus, The German. — Triumvirate, The. — Triumvirate, The Catholic. — Triumvirate, The (Russia). — Troppau, Congress of. — Trott of Turriff. — Troubles, Council of. — Trough, Race of the. — Troyes, Treaty of. — Truck Act. — Tsung-li-Yamen. — Tübingen, Treaty of. — Tuchins. — Tugendbund. — Tulchan Bishops. — Turin, Treaty of. — Turkey Company. — Turnip-Hoer. — Turpentine State. — Tuscany, League of. — Tweed Ring. — Twelve Peers of France. — Twenge’s Riots. — Two Nations, Committee of the. — Tycoon. — Tynwald, Court of. — Tything.
22. 22.U — Udallers. — Ukase. — Ulema. — Ulm, Capitulation of. — Ulster Custom. — Ulster Massacre. — Ulster, Plantation of. — Ultimus Romanorum. — Ultramontanes. — Umritsar, Treaty of. — Unam Sanctam, Bull of. — Uncle Sam. — Uncrowned King. — Underground Railroad. — Undertakers. — Undertakers. — Undertakers, Parliamentary. — Uniformity, Act of. — Unigenitus, Bull. — Union Catholique. — Union Cellar. — Union de la France Chrétienne. — Union of Calmar. — Union Jack. — Union with Ireland. — Union with Scotland. — United Brotherhood. — United Colonies of New England. — United Diet. — United Irish League. — United Irishmen. — United Provinces. — University Tests Act. — Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty of. — Unlearned Parliament. — Unser Fritz. — Unspeakable Turk. — Useless Parliament. — Uses, Statute of. — Uti Possidetis. — Utraquists. — Utrecht, Treaty of. — Utrecht, Union of. — Uxbridge, Treaty of.
23. 23.V — Vaal, Treaty of the. — Vaccination Act. — Vagabonds Act. — Valtelline, Massacre of the. — Vassalage. — Vassy, Massacre of. — Vatican Council. — Vavassors. — Vehmgerichte. — Veishya. — Vellore, Mutiny of. — Venezuela Boundary. — Venice, League of. — Venner’s Plot. — Verdun, Treaty of. — Vereeniging Conference. — Vernacular Press Act. — Verona, Congress of. — Veronese Vespers. — Versailles, Treaty of. — Vervins, Treaty of. — Veto. — Veto Act. — Victorian Deadlocks. — Vienna Congress. — Vienna Conference. — Vienna, Definitive Peace of. — Vienna, Peace of. — Vienna, Treaty of, 1725. — Vienna, Treaty of, 1731. — Vienne, Council of. — Vieux Renard. — View of Frankpledge. — Vigo Galleons. — Világos, Surrender of. — Villafranca Treaty. — Villeins. — Villers-Cotterets, Ordonnance de. — Vinland. — Virgin Queen. — Virginia, Charter of. — Virginia, Declaration of. — Virginian Liberties, Ordinance for the Security of. — Voivodes. — Volksraad. — Voortrekkers. — Vote of Non-Addresses. — Vowel’s Plot. — Vox in Excelso, Bull.
24. 24.W — Wager of Battle. — Wahabis. — Waitangi, Treaty of. — Wai-Wupu. — Walcheren Expedition. — Waldemariana, Constitutio. — Waldenses. — Wales, Court of. — Wales, Ordinances of. — Wales, Statute of. — Wallace’s Larder. — Wallachia, Capitulation of. — Waller’s Plot. — Wallingford, Treaty of. — Wanderers. — Wapenshaw. — Wapentakes. — Wards, Court of. — Wardship. — Wars. — Wartburg, Festival of. — Washington, Treaty of. — Washington, Treaty of, 1871. — Watch and Ward, Statute of. — Waterboer, Treaty with. — Wedmore, Treaty of. — Weregild. — Werelä, Treaty of. — Westminster Assembly. — Westminster Confession. — Westminster, Provisions of. — Westminster, Statutes of. — Westminster, Synod of. — Westphalia, Treaty of. — Whigamores’ Raid. — Whigs. — Whimsicals. — Whip with Six Lashes. — Whisky Insurrection. — Whitby, Synod of. — White Bands, The Parliament of. — White Capes. — White Clergy. — White Company. — White Cross Knights. — White Devil of Wallachia. — White League. — White Sheep. — White Ship. — Whiteboys. — Whitecaps. — Who Who Ministry. — Wild Geese. — Wills, Statute of. — William the Silent. — Wilmot Proviso. — Winchester, Statute of. — Winter King. — Wisbuy, Ordinances of. — Wisliza, Code of. — Witanagemot. — Wizard. — Wolverine State. — Wonderful Parliament. — Wood’s Halfpence. — World’s Wonder. — Worms, Concordat of. — Worms, Diet of. — Worms, Edict of. — Worms, Treaty of. — Würtzburg, League of. — Wyandotte Constitution. — Wyoming Massacre.
25. 25.X — X Y Z Mission.
26. 26.Y — Yandabo, Treaty of. — Yangtse Agreement. — Yankee. — Year of Corbie. — Young Cub. — Young Czechs. — Young England. — Young Ireland Party. — Young Italy. — Young Pretender. — Young Turks.
27. 27.Z — Zanzibar, Treaty of. — Zaporovian Commonwealth. — Zehngerichtenbund. — Zelanti. — Zemindars. — Zemstvo. — Zollverein. — Zurich, Compromise of. — Zurich, Treaty of.
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