The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes XI-XII

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A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

CONTENTS
VOLUME XI
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
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
The Beginning of British Power in India (a.d. 1612), 30
BECKLES WILLSON
The 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 (a.d. 1618)
The Thirty Years War,
SAMUEL R. GARDINER
CHARLES F. HORNE
The First American Legislature (a.d. 1619),
CHARLES CAMPBELL
Introduction of Negroes into Virginia (a.d. 1619)
Spread of Slavery and Cultivation of Tobacco,
CHARLES CAMPBELL
JOHN M. LUDLOW
English Pilgrims Settle at Plymouth (a.d. 1620), 93
JOHN S. BARRY
The Birth of Modern Scientific Methods (a.d. 1620)
Bacon and Descartes,
GEORGE HENRY LEWES
Siege of La Rochelle (a.d. 1627)
Richelieu Rules France,
ANDREW D. WHITE
The Great Puritan Exodus to New England
The 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
The Educational Reform of Comenius (a.d. 1638),
SIMON SOMERVILLE LAURIE
The First Written Free Constitution in the World (a.d. 1639)
Earliest Union among American Colonies (a.d. 1643),
GIDEON H. HOLLISTER
JOHN MARSHALL
Abolition of the Court of Star-chamber (a.d. 1641)
The Popular Revolt against Charles I,
HENRY HALLAM
LORD MACAULAY
The 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
The Peace of Westphalia (a.d. 1648)
The War of the Fronde, 285
ARTHUR HASSALL
Religious Toleration Proclaimed in Maryland (a.d. 1649),
G. L. DAVIS
The Great Civil War in England
The Execution of Charles I (a.d. 1649),
LORD MACAULAY
CHARLES KNIGHT
Cromwell's Campaign in Ireland (a.d. 1649),
FREDERIC HARRISON
Molière Creates Modern Comedy (a.d. 1659),
HENRI VAN LAUN
Cromwell's Rule in England
The Restoration (a.d. 1660),
THOMAS CARLYLE
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
SAMUEL PEPYS
Universal Chronology (a.d. 1609-1660),
JOHN RUDD

VOLUME XII
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE
Louis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy (A.D. 1661) JAMES COTTER MORISON
New York Taken by the English (A.D. 1664) JOHN R. BRODHEAD
Great Plague in London (A.D. 1665) DANIEL DEFOE
Great Fire in London (A.D. 1666) JOHN EVELYN
Discovery of Gravitation (A.D. 1666) SIR DAVID BREWSTER
Morgan, the Buccaneer, Sacks Panama (A.D. 1671) JOHANN W. VON ARCHENHOLZ
Struggle of the Dutch against France and England (A.D. 1672) C.M. DAVIES.
Discovery of the Mississippi La Salle Names Louisiana (A.D. 1673-1682) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU
King Philip's War (A.D. 1675) RICHARD HILDRETH
Growth of Prussia under the Great Elector His Victory at Fehrbellin (A.D. 1675) THOMAS CARLYLE
William Penn Receives the Grant of Pennsylvania Founding of Philadelphia (A.D. 1681) GEORGE E. ELLIS
Last Turkish Invasion of Europe Sobieski Saves Vienna (A.D. 1683) SUTHERLAND MENZIES
Monmouth's Rebellion (A.D. 1685) GILBERT BURNET
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (A.D. 1685) BON LOUIS HENRI MARTIN
The English Revolution
Flight of James II (A.D. 1688)
GILBERT BURNET
H.D. TRAILL
Peter the Great Modernizes Russia Suppression of the Streltsi (A.D. 1689) ALFRED RAMBAUD
Tyranny of Andros in New England The Bloodless Revolution (A.D. 1689) CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT
Massacre of Lachine (A.D. 1689) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU
Siege of Londonderry and Battle of the Boyne (A.D. 1689-1690) TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT
Salem Witchcraft Trials (A.D. 1692) RICHARD HILDRETH
Establishment of the Bank of England (A.D. 1694) JOHN FRANCIS
Colonization of

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes XI-XII