The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 11

About this eBook

Editor

Rudd, John, LL. D.

Title

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

Credits

Produced by 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.

25821

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25821

Release Date

June 19, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GREAT EVENTS — BY
2. 2.FAMOUS HISTORIANS — NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
3. 3.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
4. 4.CONTENTS — VOLUME XI
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — VOLUME XI
6. 6.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:
7. 7.HENRY HUDSON EXPLORES THE HUDSON RIVER — A.D. 1609 — HENRY R. CLEVELAND
8. 8.GALILEO OVERTHROWS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY — THE TELESCOPE AND ITS DISCOVERIES — A.D. 1610 — SIR OLIVER LODGE — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.BEGINNING OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA — A.D. 1612 — BECKLES WILLSON
10. 10.DUTCH SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK — A.D. 1614 — DAVID T. VALENTINE
11. 11.HARVEY DISCOVERS THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD — A.D. 1616 — THOMAS H. HUXLEY
12. 12.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:
13. 13.FIRST AMERICAN LEGISLATURE — A.D. 1619 — CHARLES CAMPBELL
14. 14.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
15. 15.ENGLISH PILGRIMS SETTLE AT PLYMOUTH — A.D. 1620 — JOHN S. BARRY
16. 16.BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHODS — BACON AND DESCARTES — A.D. 1620 — GEORGE HENRY LEWES
17. 17.SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE — RICHELIEU RULES FRANCE — A.D. 1627 — ANDREW D. WHITE
18. 18.GREAT PURITAN EXODUS TO NEW ENGLAND — FOUNDING OF BOSTON — A.D. 1630 — JOHN G. PALFREY
19. 19.TRIUMPH AND DEATH OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AT LUETZEN — A.D. 1632 — BENJAMIN CHAPMAN
20. 20.RECANTATION OF GALILEO — A.D. 1633 — SIR OLIVER LODGE — THE ABJURATION OF GALILEO — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.EDUCATIONAL REFORM OF COMENIUS — A.D. 1638 — S. S. LAURIE — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.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
23. 23.ABOLITION OF THE COURT OF STAR-CHAMBER — POPULAR REVOLT AGAINST CHARLES I — A.D. 1641 — HENRY HALLAM LORD MACAULAY — HENRY HALLAM — THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
24. 24.FOUNDING OF MONTREAL — A.D. 1642 — ALFRED SANDHAM
25. 25.PRESBYTERIANISM ESTABLISHED — MEETING OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY — A.D. 1643 — DAVID MASSON — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.MASANIELLO'S REVOLT AT NAPLES — A.D. 1647 — ALFRED VON REUMONT
27. 27.PEACE OF WESTPHALIA — WAR OF THE FRONDE — A.D. 1648 — ARTHUR HASSALL
28. 28.RELIGIOUS TOLERATION PROCLAIMED IN MARYLAND — A.D. 1649 — G. L. DAVIS — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.GREAT CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND — EXECUTION OF CHARLES I — A.D. 1649 — LORD MACAULAY CHARLES KNIGHT — LORD MACAULAY — CHARLES KNIGHT — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.CROMWELL'S CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND — A.D. 1649 — FREDERIC HARRISON — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.MOLIÈRE CREATES MODERN COMEDY — A.D. 1659 — HENRI VAN LAUN
32. 32.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:
33. 33.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY — Embracing the Period Covered in This Volume — a.d. 1609-1660 — JOHN RUDD, LL.D. — END OF VOLUME XI

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.