The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9

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Rudd, John, LL. D.

Title

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09

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English

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D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

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World history

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26337

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August 17, 2008

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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 IX — The National Alumni
4. 4.CONTENTS — VOLUME IX
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — VOLUME IX
6. 6.THE GREAT EVENTS — (THE REFORMATION: REIGN OF CHARLES V) — CHARLES F. HORNE — RULERS OF EUROPE IN 1517 — THE REFORMATION — THE COUNTER-REFORMATION — THE OTHER CONTINENTS — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.LUTHER BEGINS THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY — A.D. 1517 — JULIUS KOESTLIN JEAN M. V. AUDIN — JULIUS KOESTLIN — JEAN M. V. AUDIN — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA — ITS INTRODUCTION BY LAW — A.D. 1517 — SIR ARTHUR HELPS — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE — MAGELLAN REACHES THE LADRONES AND PHILIPPINES — A.D. 1519 — JOAN BAUTISTA ANTONIO PIGAFETTA [32] — JOAN BAUTISTA — ANTONIO PIGAFETTA — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD — A.D. 1520 — J. S. BREWER
11. 11.CORTÉS CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO — A.D. 1521 — WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.LIBERATION OF SWEDEN — A.D. 1523 — ERIC GUSTAVE GEIJER [35] — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.THE PEASANTS' WAR IN GERMANY — A.D. 1524 — J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE
14. 14.FRANCE LOSES ITALY — BATTLE OF PAVIA — A.D. 1525 — WILLIAM ROBERTSON
15. 15.SACK OF ROME BY THE IMPERIAL TROOPS — A.D. 1527 — BENVENUTO CELLINI T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE — BENVENUTO CELLINI — T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.GREAT RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND — FALL OF WOLSEY — A.D. 1529 — JOHN RICHARD GREEN
17. 17.PIZARRO CONQUERS PERU — A.D. 1532 — HERNANDO PIZARRO WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT — HERNANDO PIZARRO — WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
18. 18.CALVIN IS DRIVEN FROM PARIS — HE MAKES GENEVA THE STRONGHOLD OF PROTESTANTISM — A.D. 1533 — A. M. FAIRBAIRN JEAN M. V. AUDIN — A. M. FAIRBAIRN — JEAN M. V. AUDIN — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.ENGLAND BREAKS WITH THE ROMAN CHURCH — DESTRUCTION OF THE MONASTERIES — A.D. 1534 — JOHN RICHARD GREEN
20. 20.CARTIER EXPLORES CANADA — FRENCH ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION — A.D. 1534 — H. H. MILES — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.MENDOZA SETTLES BUENOS AIRES — A.D. 1535 — ROBERT SOUTHEY — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.FOUNDING OF THE JESUITS — A.D. 1540 — ISAAC TAYLOR
23. 23.DE SOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI [52] — A.D. 1541 — JOHN S. C. ABBOTT — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.REVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMY BY COPERNICUS — A.D. 1543 — SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.COUNCIL OF TRENT AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION — A.D. 1545 — ADOLPHUS W. WARD — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.PROTESTANT STRUGGLE AGAINST CHARLES V — THE SMALKALDIC WAR — A.D. 1546 — EDWARD ARMSTRONG
27. 27.INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO JAPAN — A.D. 1549 — JOHN H. GUBBINS
28. 28.COLLAPSE OF THE POWER OF CHARLES V — FRANCE SEIZES GERMAN BISHOPRICS — A.D. 1552 — LADY C. C. JACKSON — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.THE RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG — ABDICATION OF CHARLES V — A.D. 1555 — WILLIAM ROBERTSON — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.AKBAR ESTABLISHES THE MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA — A.D. 1556 — J. TALBOYS WHEELER — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY — Embracing the Period covered in this Volume — A.D. 1517-1557 — JOHN RUDD, LL.D. — FOOTNOTES:

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