Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century
by John Clark Ridpath
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
- Title
- Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Richard J. Shiffer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- AG: General Works: Dictionaries and other general reference books
- Subject
- Nineteenth century -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 15824
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15824
- Release Date
- May 14, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS — Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century.
- 4.Crises in Civil Society. — BRUMAIRE. — HOW THE SON OF EQUALITY BECAME KING OF FRANCE. — THE COUP D'ETAT OF 1851. — THE CHARTIST AGITATION IN ENGLAND. — THE ABOLITION OF HUMAN BONDAGE. — THE PERIL OF OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. — THE DOUBLE FETE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.
- 5.Great Battles. — TRAFALGAR. — CAMPAIGN OF AUSTERLITZ. — "FRIEDLAND—1807." — UNDER THE RUSSIAN SNOWS. — WATERLOO. — SEBASTOPOL. — SADOWA. — CAPTURE OF MEXICO. — VICKSBURG. — GETTYSBURG. — SPOTTSYLVANIA. — APPOMATTOX. — SEDAN. — BAZAINE AND METZ.
- 6.Astronomical Vistas. — THE CENTURY OF ASTEROIDS. — THE STORY OF NEPTUNE. — EVOLUTION OF THE TELESCOPE. — THE NEW ASTRONOMY. — WHAT THE WORLDS ARE MADE OF.
- 7.Progress in Discovery and Invention. — THE FIRST STEAMBOAT AND ITS MAKER. — TELEGRAPHING BEFORE MORSE. — THE NEW LIGHT OF MEN. — THE TELEPHONE. — THE MACHINE THAT "TALKS BACK." — THE EVOLUTION OF THE DYNAMO. — THE UNKNOWN RAY AND ENTOGRAPHY.
- 8.Stages in Biological Inquiry. — THE NEW INOCULATION. — KOCH'S BATTLE WITH THE INVISIBLE ENEMY. — ACHIEVEMENTS IN SURGERY.
- 9.Great Religious Movements. — Defence on New Lines. — Evangelical Activity. — Bible Revision. — Bibles By The Million. — A Great Missionary Era. — Preaching To Heathen At Home. — Churches Drawing Together. — Organized Activities. — Humanitarian Work. — The Sunday School. — Pulpit And Press.
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