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CONTAINING MODERN HISTORY, TO THE OUTBREAK

OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

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WHO WRITES A HISTORY, HIS PRINCIPAL AIM SHOULD BE TRUTH, AND TO RELATE ESPECIALLY THE EXTRAORDINARIES BOTH OF GOOD AND ILL: OF GOOD, THAT MEN, TAKEN WITH THE HONOUR DONE THEM IN STORY, MAY BE ENCOURAGED TO PERFORM THE LIKE; OF ILL, THAT WHEN MEN SEE THE INFAMY THAT THEY ARE BRANDED WITH, THEY MAY LEAP FROM ALL THAT SHOULD MAKE THEM SO STIGMATIZED. OWEN FELLIHAX.

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SHOWING THE CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY OF EACH REIGN.

MODERN HISTORY.
PERIOD XI. 1485 to 1649–164 YEARS.

FROM THE CLOSE OF THE ROSES' WAR TO THE OVERTHROW OF THE ENGLISH

MONARCHY.

REIGN

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CLIX. HENRY VII. 1485—1509. Fifteenth Century of the Church. Two

Plagues. Three Rebellions. Origin of English Standing Armies. Star

Chamber remodelled. Reform of Municipal Corporations. Discovery

Expeditions. Agriculture first studied in England. Algebraic Symbols

first used. St. Peter's at Rome begun. Aberdeen University founded.

Chiaroscuro invented. Rise of the Sikhs. The Moravians. Popes :

Alexander VI., Pius III., Julius II. Scotland under James IV. France

under Louis XII. Denmark under John I. Portugal under Emanuel.

Germany under Maximilian I. Poland under John Albert, &c. Russia

under Iwan III. the Great Foundation of Modern Persia. Delhi under

Sekander Shah Lodi. Granada till its fall under Boabdil. Milan under

Ludovico Sforza. Venice under Luigi Loredano. Naples under Alfonso

II. &c. Florence under Lorenzo de Medici. Ireland under Henry VII.

Francesco Ximenes. Gonzalo de Cordova. Ficinus. Leonardo da Vinci.
Columbus. Albuquerque. Vasco di Gama. Verrochio. Politian. An-
nius of Viterbo. Savonarola. Pico di Mirandola. Alchabiti. Abrabanel.

Mantuan. Giorgione. John Lascaris. Chalcondiles.

CLX. Henry VIII. 1509–1547. The Rupture with Rome. The Six Arti-

cles. The Six Royal Marriages. Trial of Lambert. Trial of Anne

Askew. Land-letting. Suppression of the Monasteries. The Marriage

Act. Council of Trent. Foundation of the Jesuits. The Huguenots.

Overthrow of the Mamluk Power. Origin of the Buccaneers. Genoa

an Oligarchy. Discovery of New Guinea. Seizure of Algiers by Barba-

The Anabaptists. Mexico a Spanish Colony. The Antinomians.

Turkey under Selim I., and Suleiman II. the Magnificent. Popes : Leo X.,

Adrian VI., Clement VII., Paul III. Scotland under James V. France

under Francis I. Denmark under Christiern II. and III. Sweden under

Gustavus Vasa. Portugal under Jobu III. Spain and Germany under

Charles V. Poland under Sigismund I. Russia under Vasili IV. Persia

under Tamasp 1. Delhi under Baber, the first Great Mongul. Fall of

Milan. Navarre under Henri d'Albret. Ireland under Henry VIII. St.

Paul's School founded. College of Physicians founded. Muskets in.

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vented. Whiteball and St. James's Palaces built. Roses, oranges, &c. first imported. Parish Registers first kept. Wolsey. Sir Thomas More. Luther. Cortez. Bayard. Rafaelle. Holbein. Copernicus. Lord Cromwell. Zwingle. Cornaro. Ariosto. Corregio. Julio Romano. Louis Brabant. Ventriloquisi. Magellan. Erasmus. Las Casas. Berni. Bembo. Machiavelli. Cæsar Borgia. De Comines. Rabelais. Polydore Virgil. Gaston de Foix. St. Theresa. Guicciardini. Melancthon. Leland. Paracelsus. Nusurus. Hector Boethius. Jovius. Alciati. ScaJiger. Tyndall. Vives. Gawin Douglas. Brunalleschi. Agrippa. AbAlexandro. Grocyn. Aldus Manutius. Reuchlin. Budeus. Speishammer. Lucrezia Borgia. Egypt made a Turkish Province CLXI. Erward VI. 15-17 — 1553. Foundation of the Church of England.

Dissenters first declared. Keti's Rebellion. The Five Royal Hospitals.
The Common Prayer Book drawn up. Lords Lieutenant. The Horse
Guards. Cactus Plants. Mulberry-tree. Crowns and Half-crowns. Pope
Julius III. France under Henri II. Poland under Sigismund 11., last of
the house of Jagellon. Scotland during the minority of Mary Stuart.
Calvin. John Knox. Michael Angelo. Servetus. Cellini. Cheke
CLXII. Mary I. 1553 -- 1558. Heretical Burnings: Rogers, Hooper,

Saunders, Taylor, Ferrar, Ridley, Latimer, Hunter, Hawkes.
Origin of the Violin. English Russia Company. Glass Bottles. Popes :
Marcellus II., Paul IV. Spain under Philip II. Russia under Ivan IV.
Delhi nnder Humayun, &c. Navarre under Joan d'Albret. Hungary and
Bohemnia under Ladislaus VI. &c. Lady Jane Grey. Cardinal Pole. Gar-
diner. Coverdale. Bonner. Cranmer. Diana de Poitiers. Cardinal

Cajetan. Ramus. Peter Martyr. Fox .
CLXIII. ELIZABETH. 1551—1603. Sixteenth Century of the Church. Abject

State of Abbots. The Spanish Armada. First English Settlement in the
East Indies. Oriental Archipelago. Australasia and Polynesia described.
Origin of the Puritans. Goose Feasts. Hentzver's Visit to England.
English Poor-laws established. Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Battle of
Lepanto. Dutch Republic founded. Edict of Nantes issued. Rage for
School founding. The 39 Articles promulgated. The new style introduced
in Italy. Westminster, Merchant-Tailors', and Harrow Schools founded.
Dublin L'niversity and Marischal College founded. First notice of Cricket.
Royal Exchange, Gresham College, English East India Company, and
Turkey Company, founded. Lotieries first allowed. Woven stockings
invented. Whale Fishery. Tulips. The Oxford Library rebuilt. Vir-
ginia colonized. Physic Gardens constructed. St. Helena colonized by
England. The Potato in England. Tobacco brought to England ; also
Strawberries and Watches. Paper first inade in England; also knives.
The Telescope invented. Coaches in England. England under the Tu.
dors. Turkey under Selim 11. Popes : Pius IV., St. Pius V., Gregory
XIII., Sixtus V., Urban VII., Gregory XIV., Innocent IX., Clement VIII.
Scotland under Mary Stuart, &c. France under Francis II., Charles IX.,
Henri 111. and Henri IV., le Grand Sweden under Eric XIV., &c. Den-
mark and Norway under Frederick 11., &c. Portugal under Sebastian, &c.
Germany under Ferdinand I., &c. Poland under llenri de Valois, &c.
Russia under Feodor Ivanovitz, &c. The Netherlands during the Revolt.
Delbi noder Abker: the Tugs. Foundation of British India. Persia
under Ismail II., &c. Navarre under Henri de Bourbon. Hungary under
Bethlem Gabor. Florence under Cosmo 1. Ireland under Elizabeth.
Siakspeare. Camoens. Spenser. Tasso. Earl of Leicester. Earl of
Essex. Ascham. Drake. Jewel. Buchanan. Paolo Veronese. Titian.
Philip Sidney. Palladio. Clavius. Montaigne. Dr. Dee. Tycho Brahe.
Crichton. Cardan. Holingsbed. Lord Burleigh. Sully. Gresham.
Erastus. The Vicar of Brar: Stow. Archbishop Parker. Conrad Ges-

Cablalio. Vasari. Bullinger. Fallopins. Vesaiée. Gerard Mercator. Dr. Gilbert. Xylander. Peter Baroni. Humphrey Gilbert. Scaliger. Eustachi. Cæsalpino. Aldrovandi. Plantin. Lipsius. Hems

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kirk. Nostradamus. Bodley. Savile. Casaubon. Annibale Caro. Ronsard. Tintoretto. Du Perron. De Mornay. The Stephenses

104 CLXIV. James I. 1603—1625. Raleigh's Conspiracy. The Gunpowder Plot.

The Prince's Visit to Spain. The Scottish Counties. Scotch Episcopal Church established. Heretical Burnings: Legget, Wbiteman. Wbig and Tory factions arose. London Life. State of English Literature. Loss of the Palatinate. Bermudas colonized by the English. Nova Scotia colonized by the Scots. Newfoundland and St. Kitt's made English colonies. Turkey under Ahmed I., &c. Popes : Leo XI., Paul V., Gregory XV., Urban VIII. France under Louis XIl. Spain and Portugal under Philip III. Germany under Matthias. Scotland under James Vl. Persia under Abbas the Great. Russia under Feodor II., &c. Holland under Maurice. Delhi under Jehangir. Bohemia under Ferdinand II. Ireland under James I. Thermometer invented. Tea first used in Europe. Hair-powe der first used. The Blood found to circulate. Charter-house founded. Dulwich College founded. Arundelian Marbles. Copper Money and Sedan Chairs first used. Baronets first created. Lord Bacon. Galileo. Kepler. Napier. Cervantes. Bellarmin. Hooker. Raleigh. Ben Jonson. Caunden. Grotius. Arminius. The Socini. Sir Julius Cæsar. Heriot. Garnet. Briggs. Bishop Andrewes. The Bloemarts. Lope de Vega. Hugh Myddelton. Father Paul. Dr. Bull. Strada Malherbe. The Elzevirs. Bæhmen. De Thou. Sanctorius. Molina. Harriott. Guarini. Mariana. The Caracci.

169 CLXV. Charles I. 1625-1649. Priest Persecutions. Assassination of

Buckingham. Rise of the Independents. Ship-money Lery. Independence of the Seven United Provinces. Independence of Switzerland. Manchu Conquest of China. Treaty of Westphalia. The Jansenists. Eruption of Vesuvius. Newspapers. Excise. Barbadoes, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, and St. Lucia, English Colonies. Brazil taken by the Dutch. Barometer. Pendulum. French Academy, Hackney.coaches. Turkey under Ibrahim. Innocent X. Pope. Russia under Alexis Michaelowitz. Spain and Portugal under Pbilip IV. Portugal under John IV. Poland under Vladislaus VI. Naples under Masaniello. Persia under Shah Saffi and Abbas II. Delhi under Shah Jehan. British India under Charles I. Venice under Erizzo, &c. Scotland under Charles I Germany under Ferdinand 11. and III. Sweden under Charles 1X. and Gustavus Adolphus. Ireland under Charles I. Laud. Lord Strafford. Coke. Quarles, Guido Reni. Rubens. Vandyck. Poussin. Domenichino. Descartes. Oli

Duke of Buckingham. Prince Rupert. Lord Falkland. Bishop Hall. Fuller. Ussher. Burton. Drummond. John Hales. Archbishop Abbott. Owen Felltham. Gunter. Herbert. Heylyn. Wotton. Speed. Selden. The Sandys. Massinger. Pococke. Gassendi. Hollar. Lely. Inigo Jones.

Cotton. Longomontanus. Edward Fairfax. Oughtrei. Episcopius. Wallenstein. Gellibrand. Callot. Mede. Greaves. Wormius. Bedell. Mersenne. Helmont Sirmond. Scheiner. Snellius. Schopp. Salmasius. Riccioli. Roberval. Cavalieri. Hoffman, Horrox. Calderone. Meursius. Chillingworth. Gataker. Quevedo. Vossius. The Kircbers. Petavius. Heinsius. Geoffrey Hudson. Norwood. Ver. nier. Wallis. Aselli.

209 PERIOD XII. 1649 to 1688–39 YEARS.

varez.

FROM THE COMMONWEALTII TO THE REVOLUTION.

CLXVI. THE COMMONWEALTI. 1649--1660. Escape of Charles II. The

Woodstock Ghost. The Muggletonians. Persecutions for Witchcraft. Rsie of the Quakers. Fifth Monarchy Men. St. Helena, Ascension, Hon. duras, Cape of Good Hope, and Jamaica made English Colonies. Bands used by the Clergy. Turkey under Mohammed IV. Alexander VII., l'ope,

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