The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

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FAMOUS HISTORIANS

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D. ASSOCIATE EDITORS CHARLES F. HORNE,

CONTENTS VOLUME XI

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME XI

AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF

THE GREAT EVENTS (ERA OF POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS WARS) CHARLES F. HORNE

HENRY HUDSON EXPLORES THE HUDSON RIVER A.D. 1609 HENRY R. CLEVELAND

GALILEO OVERTHROWS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY THE TELESCOPE AND ITS DISCOVERIES A.D. 1610 SIR OLIVER LODGE

BEGINNING OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA A.D. 1612 BECKLES WILLSON

DUTCH SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK A.D. 1614 DAVID T. VALENTINE

HARVEY DISCOVERS THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD A.D. 1616 THOMAS H. HUXLEY

THE "DEFENESTRATION" AT PRAGUE THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR A.D. 1618 SAMUEL R. GARDINER CHARLES F. HORNE

FIRST AMERICAN LEGISLATURE A.D. 1619 CHARLES CAMPBELL

INTRODUCTION OF NEGROES INTO VIRGINIA SPREAD OF SLAVERY AND THE

ENGLISH PILGRIMS SETTLE AT PLYMOUTH A.D. 1620 JOHN S. BARRY

BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHODS BACON AND DESCARTES A.D. 1620 GEORGE HENRY LEWES

SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE RICHELIEU RULES FRANCE A.D. 1627 ANDREW D. WHITE

GREAT PURITAN EXODUS TO NEW ENGLAND FOUNDING OF BOSTON A.D. 1630 JOHN G. PALFREY

TRIUMPH AND DEATH OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AT LUETZEN A.D. 1632 BENJAMIN CHAPMAN

RECANTATION OF GALILEO A.D. 1633 SIR OLIVER LODGE

EDUCATIONAL REFORM OF COMENIUS A.D. 1638 S. S. LAURIE

FIRST WRITTEN FREE CONSTITUTION IN THE WORLD EARLIEST UNION

ABOLITION OF THE COURT OF STAR-CHAMBER POPULAR REVOLT AGAINST

FOUNDING OF MONTREAL A.D. 1642 ALFRED SANDHAM

PRESBYTERIANISM ESTABLISHED MEETING OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY A.D. 1643 DAVID MASSON

MASANIELLO'S REVOLT AT NAPLES A.D. 1647 ALFRED VON REUMONT

PEACE OF WESTPHALIA WAR OF THE FRONDE A.D. 1648 ARTHUR HASSALL

RELIGIOUS TOLERATION PROCLAIMED IN MARYLAND A.D. 1649 G. L. DAVIS

GREAT CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND EXECUTION OF CHARLES I A.D. 1649 LORD MACAULAY CHARLES KNIGHT

CROMWELL'S CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND A.D. 1649 FREDERIC HARRISON

MOLIERE CREATES MODERN COMEDY A.D. 1659 HENRI VAN LAUN

CROMWELL'S RULE IN ENGLAND THE RESTORATION A.D. 1660 THOMAS CARLYLE JOHN R. GREEN SAMUEL PEPYS

CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY Embracing the Period Covered in


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