The Great Events

About this eBook

Editor

Rudd, John, LL. D.

Title

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13

Credits

Produced by Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30186

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30186

Release Date

October 6, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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